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Why hasn't or isn't Microsoft building an operating system (OS) exclusively for desktop PC gaming? Something similar to Xbox OS optimized for desktop, mouse and keyboard. With Xbox OS already existing and running on very similar hardware to desktop PC, why isn't there a version for desktop PC...

Hi, Im not so sure is win 8 right for my pc? If im looking for specs, then it shold be ok. I have atm win8 in my pc for a week now, after the install my pc worked good, but now its so slow, and in taskmanager i see that service host and some kind of update thing uses all my ram. Or what kind of...

So recently i've had no issues with my monitor or adapter cable, which is what i think and hope is the problem. Everything worked fine, but one day i shut down my PC, and in the morning, tried starting it up. My tower turned on as usual, i could hear the fan running and the lights come on, but...

This has been going on for a couple months, and it hasn't gotten in the way but now it is as it's preventing me from opening certain files and games i want to use, such as Skype, and games like Bioshock Infinite. Whenever i start up my computer or open specific programs, it says ...

Imma 10 year old gamer who frankly, doesn't have a gaming computer. I've been wanting to buy a new GPU and a new SSD/HDD for a while, but I can't find anything on a $40 budget. So These are the things I need help with: GPU with DirectX 11+, Pixel Shaders 4.0+, and 512mb+ of Dedicated VRam And...

Hi guys I really like playing my old style games (from years 1999) and what I find is that every year or so I have to re-install, or freshly install my OS (right now I have win 8.1). I have many games which then need to be installed again (300Gb+) so doing so each time takes hours - if not...

Diagnostics are attached. The BSODs seem to be mainly when gaming although not only. The games in specific are smite, it also crashes when I play Civ V but, only when I'm streaming Netflix on my second monitor but, not if I'm watching something via VLC. I recently upgraded my GPU from a 7790...

I've been having this problem for a while now, and I stopped using my Windows desktop and started using my Chromebook instead. I just got back into using my desktop again, and I restarted it factory fresh. After installing all possible Windows updates, installing the latest graphics drivers...

This has been going on for a couple months, and it hasn't gotten in the way but now it is as it's preventing me from opening certain files and games i want to use, such as Skype, and Bioshock Infinite. Whenever i start up my computer or open specific programs, it says ...

I first had windows xp professional i used to play uberstrike in that OS after that there was a problem with my OS and I changed it to windows 7 ultimate now i am not able to play the game....... its displaying " failed to initialize 3d rendering . make sure you have directx9 and video card...

I recently downloaded a game off of Steam and immediately after trying to run it I received an error message which said: "Failed to create Direct3D9 device". I have had this error message before and did manage to resolve the issue by updating all my drivers. So I decided to give that a try but...

ive just installed black mirror 2 but when i try to start the game i get errors first error was d3dx9_35.dll missing i downloaded directx latest and installed it but now get this error trivium.dll is missing from your computer put TRiViUM.dll into system32 folder and ran regsvr32 TRiViUM.dll...

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Games for Windows Live won't install in 8.1 x64, nor will .net framework 3.5, even though I enabled it. I thus lost DiRT 3, Microsoft Flight, Batman:Arkham Asylum and Batman:Arkham City. Yesterday I got the following games through Humble Bundle: Batman:Arkham Asylum GOTY, Batman:Arkham City...

I have a HP Pavilion dv6-6121se Link Removed i recently upgraded to windows 8 pro and my games got slower and in game options i could only select directx 9 until later i got battlefield 4 and it says gpu cant buffer frame and it said gpu was intel hd 3000 i checked system info and saw it...

Hello, I bought this computer to play games, and whenever I play MMORPG like Tera, Final Fantasy XIV, etc I get this crackling sound randomly causing 1 fps then message saying nvidia kernel mode driver has crashed and recovered successfully. I researched a lot in the internet, and I tried...

I have a nvidia geforce 9300m GS 256 MB. I assume it is A MicrosoftDirectX 9 graphics device with WDDM driver? So direct x9 is 2007 or so vintage and I have a WDDM DRIVER FOR WIN 7. NOW WHY CAN'T I INSTALL WIN 8.1 PREVIEW. Retail stores are selling 8 with computers with BIOS not UEFI...

Hello, my name is Ethan! Every since I have owned my computer it has had a problem with blue screens. Every 5 and a half to 6 and a half hours the computer will start to show symptoms. Some of the symptoms are things like Google Chrome giving me the "Aw, Snap" or "He's Dead Jim" screens. Some...

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Hi, I have an HP Pavilion dv6 laptop and I recently formatted and installed Windows 7 Ultimate. However I could not successfully install my graphics drivers. First, I installed the driver on HP's website.But now Intel Driver Update Utility says there is a newer version. When I download that...