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===Desktop Window Manager=== For [[Microsoft Windows]], from [[Windows Vista]] onward, [[Desktop Window Manager]] enables the use of hardware acceleration to render the graphical user interface. It was originally created to enable portions of the new "Windows Aero" user experience, which allowed for effects such as transparency, 3D window switching and more. It is also included with Windows Server 2008, but requires the "Desktop Experience" feature and compatible graphics drivers to be installed. From Windows 8 onwards DWM can't be disabled and is [[Software rendering|software rendered]] if no suitable graphics card is installed.
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