is a senior correspondent and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Nvidia is releasing a new driver update today that will support Microsoft’s ...

An upcoming patch from Microsoft could finally fix Windows 11's BSOD (Blue Screen Of Death) issues on the DirectX API. If true, then this could be among the first major fixes for BSODing on the OS, ...

DirectX is an API component, which is an application programming resource package that supports the computer by launching complex functions for playing graphics and other multimedia features such as ...

Microsoft has announced that its recent Windows 11 update KB5012643, which was already plagued with known issues related to Safe Mode and .NET 3.5, is now causing problems in games and applications ...

The dreaded Blue Screen of Death, or BSOD, has been the bane of every Windows users' existence for every generation of the OS. With every new version of Windows, Microsoft has claimed that there will ...

St. John tapped Engstrom in 1994 to help make gaming in the upcoming Windows 95 operating system practical. At the time, developers preferred the low overhead and greater control DOS offered over ...

Microsoft has released the optional KB5011563 cumulative update preview for Windows 11, with fixes for stop errors triggering blue screens of death (BSOD) and other issues. This preview update is part ...

While running a program or game on Windows PC, if you get an Initialization Failed error for DirectDraw, here are some working solutions you may follow. Although ...

Microsoft has debuted the Windows 10 May 2020 update, also known as Windows 10 2004. The update was delayed somewhat thanks to the impact of coronavirus, and certain aspects of it are still in the ...

I'm running windows XP, with the native directx installation. I tried to run the ATI Dolphin Demo (I just got a new Radeon 9100 128mb) and it says "This Demo requires hardware support of ...