DXGI_ERROR_CANNOT_PROTECT_CONTENT

DXGI is unable to provide content protection on the swapchain. This is typically caused by an older driver, or by the application using a swapchain that is incompatible with content protection.

Matched as: the code as given (hex)

HRESULT breakdown: code: 42, customer: False, facility: 122, severity: failure (bit 31 set), ntstatus_wrapped: False

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