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Win2000 and DirectX problems

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by smarkow 1 view

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My setup:

Athlon 600 on Asus K7M MB, 128MB RAM, 40GB total disk space, Diamond Viper V770 (non-ultra) 32MB video.

I'm currently dual-booting my system between Windows 98 (1st ed.) and Win2kPro. Under Windows98, the video works perfectly. Under 2000, whenever the program I'm trying to run (usually a game, but some 3d software gives problems too) tries to use DirectX, it generates some program-specific error like "Can't initialize hardware" or "No compatible hardware found".

When I run DXDiag.exe, the graphics tests only run with software acceleration, and it says that hardware acceleration is not available. I know for a fact that it is, because it works fine in win98.

I have the latest BIOS for both Video and MB and have tried numerous drivers (detonator3 from NVidia, latest rev from Diamond (now owned by S3), the one from the Win2kCD, etc.).

I have DirectX8 installed now, and when I had 7, it was no better.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance.

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by joshua miller

Hi.
This may be a Microsoft Windows 2000 problem. It may be that Microsoft doesn't support Direct X on Windows 2000 yet! I would try going to the technet and asking that. I've seen that to and if its the same as what I saw its Microsofts compatibility issue between Win2k and Direct x. Hope it helps!! Josh Miller

by smarkow

Although I'm beginning to see that this is where it's going, it doesn't explain why games that run fine on other people's PC's don't run on mine.

by kgosnell

First get a good dual boot program that is NOT microsoft as it causes them to share programs , I reccomend Partician Magic. After you get the boot system to mask the systems from each other, reinstall DirectX on both, they simply can't share it as DirectX is system specific as to how it works. The different systems can and will setup their particular method and drivers for your Hardware. Also do a Deep Scan for a Virus/Worm to be sure that isn't the problem, or at least additive

by kgosnell

I forgot , get every update for 98 , as the first one was buggy , I reccomend updating to 98SE , but the fixes should resolve the bugs in 98 first edition. Kyle

by smarkow

First of all, the OS'es are in separate partitions and thus do not share any files. Secondly, I am having NO problems in 98, so I don't think upgrading that is going to solve anything in Windows 2000. Thirdly, a boot manager does nothing except select an operating system and has NO effect on the internal workings of any operating system it supports. Fourthly, I have numerous virus programs installed and do not have any virii. Fifthly, Partition is spelled partition, not partician.

But thanks for trying to get 500 points for a useless answer.

by kgosnell

First of all Microsoft does not handle boot separations well , and it DOES attempt to share programs. Secondly , I do not use a spell checker and missed the misspelling, I am sorry you put more value on being a good speller than resolving the problem. If I encounter a problem where you ask in the future, I will endeavor to avoid the mistake, and if you look at my tech points, I don't need any, besides I do this to attempt to help others , not gather points , as I will likely never use them foranything.

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