Direct Draw error message

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Everytime I attempt to open an application (Usually games)
I get an error message saying: Cannot initialise Direct
draw.

Now, I tried putting a game on my pc, and the computer was
not happy about it. After several error messages, (Not the
one above) it asked me If I wanted to bypass direct draw,
I accidentaly clicked yes.

Does anyone know of a way to make direct draw active on
DirectX 9.0?

 

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Does your video controller support Direct Draw? PEOPLE
when you post a question, think about your question, and
about the connection to your computer. if you know it,
list your:

Motherboard, Maker, Style, Rev. North and South Chipset.
Video Controller pci agp built on, Maker and model.
Harddrives, IDE / Scsi...
etc.etc...

>-----Original Message-----
>Everytime I attempt to open an application (Usually
games)
>I get an error message saying: Cannot initialise Direct
>draw.
>
>Now, I tried putting a game on my pc, and the computer
was
>not happy about it. After several error messages, (Not
the
>one above) it asked me If I wanted to bypass direct
draw,
>I accidentaly clicked yes.
>
>Does anyone know of a way to make direct draw active on
>DirectX 9.0?
>.
>

 

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Try installing the latest version of DirectX from www.microsoft.com/directx

Also, try installing the latest video card drivers

----
Nathan McNulty


anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
> Does your video controller support Direct Draw? PEOPLE
> when you post a question, think about your question, and
> about the connection to your computer. if you know it,
> list your:
>
> Motherboard, Maker, Style, Rev. North and South Chipset.
> Video Controller pci agp built on, Maker and model.
> Harddrives, IDE / Scsi...
> etc.etc...
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Everytime I attempt to open an application (Usually
>
> games)
>
>>I get an error message saying: Cannot initialise Direct
>>draw.
>>
>>Now, I tried putting a game on my pc, and the computer
>
> was
>
>>not happy about it. After several error messages, (Not
>
> the
>
>>one above) it asked me If I wanted to bypass direct
>
> draw,
>
>>I accidentaly clicked yes.
>>
>>Does anyone know of a way to make direct draw active on
>>DirectX 9.0?
>>.
>>

 

[Guest]

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.hardware (More info?)

Sir,
go to -->" Display Properties"--> Settings--> advanced--> Trouble shoot -->
slide "Hardware acceleration" to FULL--> enable "write combining" --> apply,
OK

now install Direct X Again, this will fix your problem, also try in start
menu --> run command --> "dxdiag.exe" and perform direct x test for agp
acceleration and direct draw.

Regards

Sony Payyappilly


"Suddie" wrote:

> Everytime I attempt to open an application (Usually games)
> I get an error message saying: Cannot initialise Direct
> draw.
>
> Now, I tried putting a game on my pc, and the computer was
> not happy about it. After several error messages, (Not the
> one above) it asked me If I wanted to bypass direct draw,
> I accidentaly clicked yes.
>
> Does anyone know of a way to make direct draw active on
> DirectX 9.0?
>