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Directdraw driver for windows 7 download, Realtek AC97 Audio Driver A4.06, Realtek High Definition Audio Driver 2.68, SigmaTel Audio 5.10. DirectDraw provides device independence through the DirectDraw driver. The DirectDraw driver is a device-specific interface usually provided by the display hardware.
Hey Guys Im new here. I like to consider myself failry well versed with Computers but my love of classic old strategy games is just too great despite all the XBox's and PS3's these days. Any way Im hoping somebody can help before I tear my hair out. I have a Vista 64 Home Premium Dell XPS M1330 4GB RAM 2.2 GHz Core2 Duo T5900 With a NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS graphics card. Im running on the latest DirectX 11 As of late 2011/ early 2012, I was forced to reinstall windows and all my old school games/software that I had on it EVERYTHING installed without any problems EXCEPT for my favorite game Some of you may know it: Gangsters 2 by Hothouse Creations/Eidos Interactive The game is made ideally for Windows 98 or XP at the most but I overcame that by running it in compatibility mode for Windows 98/ME. It also had a NO CD inserted problem but a patch for that fixed that CD issue. The problem: During the system Check i get a warning stating I need 4MB of Memory Installation resumes as normal.
I go to open the game and get the a message statting it will try to determine the best video mode and that I may see a garbled display for a little bit. Then I get the following error IT HAS NOT BEEN POSSIBLE TO DETERMINE THE OPTIMUM VIDEO MODE FOR YOUR SYSTEM. THIS HAS BEEN SET BY DEFAULT TO 0 immediatly after that I get ERROR.SORRY. UNABLE TO START GAME. CANT ACCESS THE DIRECT DRAW DRIVER The question: What is this Direct Draw Driver and Why is DirectDraw Acceleration UNAVAILABLE whenever I run a DXDIAG Where can I download one or How can I make it available. I tried to manually adjust the hardware acceleration slidebar in display settings-Advanced settings-troubleshooting but that was grayed out stating YOUR CURRENT DISPLAY DRIVER DOES NOT ALLOW CHANGES TO BE MADE TO HARDWARE ACCELERATION SETTINGS All efforts 'update' Direct X have resulted in a smug - Detection of most recent blah blah, no installation is required Somebody please help me Thanks and have an awesome day!!!
Hello TKD33 and welcome to the forums Firstly, I want to apologise for the confusion regarding the patch. We get a lot of people wanting help with cracked software on forums and I, wrongly, thought it was just another thread like that. I reported this issue to Rich and he dealt with it based on my message, so the blame lies with me. But, moving on. It's late now, so I'll reply to your issue tomorrow. I just wanted to post quickly to apologise, and so that I won't forget this thread as it now comes up in the list of threads I posted in Tom. Tom Thank you so much for your efforts and in going through all this.
While I understand that nothing is guaranteed in this world, Just a quick question (Sorry if it may seem like a real stupid question but I have never had to reinstall a display driver) When I reboot after uninstalling my Nvidia, Are there any basic functionality issues that I will encounter upon restarting windows? When I say Basic functionality, I mean 1- Can I still carry out basic windows operations such as those from Start-Control Panel etc etc 2- Can I open Chrome to refer to anything via google or this forums etc 3- If i do a system restore, will it work if god forbid everything goes haywire!!
I'll create a system restore right now just in case! Thanks I just want to make sure Im covered. Thanks again for your efforts.
Tom Thank you so much for your efforts and in going through all this. While I understand that nothing is guaranteed in this world, Just a quick question (Sorry if it may seem like a real stupid question but I have never had to reinstall a display driver) When I reboot after uninstalling my Nvidia, Are there any basic functionality issues that I will encounter upon restarting windows?
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When I say Basic functionality, I mean 1- Can I still carry out basic windows operations such as those from Start-Control Panel etc etc 2- Can I open Chrome to refer to anything via google or this forums etc 3- If i do a system restore, will it work if god forbid everything goes haywire!! I'll create a system restore right now just in case!
Thanks I just want to make sure Im covered. Thanks again for your efforts. Windows can function without a graphics card, and will therefore work without the drivers It will probably revert to a lower resolution and might prevent you from using Aero until you reinstall the drivers, but nothing damaging, you'll still have complete control over your system.
I couldn’t hand it off to someone else. The color really is an important part of the storytelling. It would just defeat the purpose. Charles Burns. Like I said, it’s all integrated together.
Yes, same reason as above 3. Yes, a system restore will clear up any problems.
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Making a restore point is a good idea, just in case something goes wrong You're most welcome! Let me know if you're still unsure about anything.