"Mindjakk" <guest@unknown-email.com> wrote in message
news:d29f5b60e8ffe3633323ed3c27195382@nntp-gateway.com...[color=blue]
>
> I could not find this post elsewhere, but I can't get my directdraw to
> enable or mess with my hardware acceleration.
>
> Its just not active...any suggestions would be great.
>
> Latest Drivers Wiped and reinstalled all around.
>
> Regedit timeout is at 7
>
> Nothing seems to change it, ANY suggestions would be great, thanks.
>
> I downloaded and loaded the latest, and older, drivers from both Nvidia
> and EVGA, my card manufacturer. Non of which has fixed the issue.
> Everything reads fine, as to the correct versions, but it always remains
> with the same problems.
>
> Are there some sort of special privileges that I am missing, or
> possibly an included program with my card that controls these functions
> instead of windows?
>
> I have installed everything I can find from the Card Manufacturer and
> chip Manufacturer, I have updated my board bios to the latest and so on,
> but nothing seems to make ANY difference.
>
> [image:
> [url]http://forums.gamesforwindows.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Discussions.Components.Files/8/3681.directXoptions.jpg][/url]
> [image:
> [url]http://forums.gamesforwindows.com/cfs-file.ashx/__key/CommunityServer.Discussions.Components.Files/8/8032.hardwareacceleration.jpg][/url]
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>
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> Mindjakk[/color]


Second picture is normal for Nvidia.

Try installing or reinstalling DirectX 9.0c to solve your problem.
[url]http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=2DA43D38-DB71-4C1B-BC6A-9B6652CD92A3&displaylang=en[/url]