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Saturday, March 25, 2006 10:09 PM

Desktop Window Manager Index of Post Topics

Here's a list of topics that I have posted on (with active links) or expect to post on (without links) related to the Desktop Window Manager in Windows Vista. Under the Hood of the Desktop Window Manager -- a technical introduction (and response to comments
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Saturday, March 25, 2006 6:53 PM

Responding to Comments from "DWM's use of DirectX, GPUs, and hardware acceleration"

My earlier post on " DWM's use of DirectX, GPUs, and hardware acceleration " generated some good comments and questions. I'll use this post to respond. dzCepheus wonders about end users and developers creating their own effects, for instance, mapping
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Sunday, March 19, 2006 12:36 PM

DWM's use of DirectX, GPUs, and hardware acceleration

For the last few years, both desktop and laptop PCs have been outfitted with increasingly powerful graphics chipsets, including blazingly fast geometry and pixel processing, higher fill rates, and faster and faster bandwidth between system memory and
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Friday, March 10, 2006 10:39 PM

Responding to Comments from "Under the Hood of the DWM"

Wow... lots of great interest and comments in my previous post on "Under the Hood of the Desktop Window Manager" . Rather than attempting to comment inline, I figured I'd try to address in a separate post. So here goes: Anonymous : I'd like to know why
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Sunday, March 05, 2006 10:59 PM

Under the Hood of the Desktop Window Manager

I've made a grand total of one post in about the last 21 months. What have I been doing during this time? Why, working on the new Desktop Window Manager for Windows Vista, of course! The Desktop Window Manager (DWM) is one of the more visible features
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