[SOLVED] DirectX problems

ebackhus · 08-11-2007, 09:53 PM

Hi!

Whe I fired up Guild Wars today I noticed that it lacked the usual "ooooh, cool" that it normally has. I ran the DX Diagnostic and was shocked to see that AGP Texturing was disabled and so was DirectDraw. The Enable buttons are greyed out. I reinstalled my motherboard driver, video drivers (not to the latest, they lack support for my new monitor) and then threw down with the August 2007 distribution of DX9c.

No effect.

**FreoHeaveho** · 08-12-2007, 03:47 AM

Hi ebackhus

I had a bit of a google and came up with this, strange but may work

www.andrew.cmu.edu/~twm/stuff/directdraw.html
This page offers the wierdest solution to the problem. It suggests the following:
- start NetMeeting (!!!)
- in the options menu, select remote desktop sharing
- follow the wizard through, as if you are installing it
- after it's started, go to the same option and disable remote desktop sharing

After this, DXDiag should show all acceleration buttons being enabled!!!

Strange but possible helpful??

**1 g0t 0wn3d** · 08-12-2007, 11:02 AM

Hey did you patch the game? or try it with on card it may not like sli

ebackhus · 08-12-2007, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bigfellla

Hi ebackhus

I had a bit of a google and came up with this, strange but may work

www.andrew.cmu.edu/~twm/stuff/directdraw.html
This page offers the wierdest solution to the problem. It suggests the following:
- start NetMeeting (!!!)
- in the options menu, select remote desktop sharing
- follow the wizard through, as if you are installing it
- after it's started, go to the same option and disable remote desktop sharing

After this, DXDiag should show all acceleration buttons being enabled!!!

Strange but possible helpful??

Strange, but certianly not what I thought of. It did work, though! Thanks!

**Deleted090308** · 08-12-2007, 11:34 AM

That's weird!

Great job bigfella. I've saved a shortcut to the solution.

**FreoHeaveho** · 08-15-2007, 01:27 PM

nice i thought it was weird too, cant take all the credit, GOOGLE IS OUR FRIEND!

ebackhus · 08-16-2007, 03:34 PM

Perhaps I've not paid enough tribute to it lately 'cause my Googling didn't get me that result. I found something about disabling things like capture cards, but I remembered it working just fine after installing it. *shrug*

08-11-2007, 09:53 PM	#1 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,335 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	[SOLVED] DirectX problems Hi! Whe I fired up Guild Wars today I noticed that it lacked the usual "ooooh, cool" that it normally has. I ran the DX Diagnostic and was shocked to see that AGP Texturing was disabled and so was DirectDraw. The Enable buttons are greyed out. I reinstalled my motherboard driver, video drivers (not to the latest, they lack support for my new monitor) and then threw down with the August 2007 distribution of DX9c. No effect. __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.

08-12-2007, 03:47 AM	#2 (permalink)
FreoHeaveho TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 3,227 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64 SP2, Windows XP Professional SP3, Mac OSX Leopard My System	Re: DirectX problems Hi ebackhus I had a bit of a google and came up with this, strange but may work www.andrew.cmu.edu/~twm/stuff/directdraw.html This page offers the wierdest solution to the problem. It suggests the following: - start NetMeeting (!!!) - in the options menu, select remote desktop sharing - follow the wizard through, as if you are installing it - after it's started, go to the same option and disable remote desktop sharing After this, DXDiag should show all acceleration buttons being enabled!!! Strange but possible helpful?? __________________ PC Wizard-VGA 2009 Charts-Power Supply Info-Multi/Single Rail PSU?-Speedfan-Driver Sweeper

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08-12-2007, 11:34 AM	#5 (permalink)
Deleted090308 Not... Join Date: Jan 2007 Posts: 22,277 OS: Xp	Re: DirectX problems That's weird! Great job bigfella. I've saved a shortcut to the solution.

08-15-2007, 01:27 PM	#6 (permalink)
FreoHeaveho TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Australia Posts: 3,227 OS: Windows Vista Ultimate 64 SP2, Windows XP Professional SP3, Mac OSX Leopard My System	Re: [SOLVED] DirectX problems nice i thought it was weird too, cant take all the credit, GOOGLE IS OUR FRIEND! __________________ PC Wizard-VGA 2009 Charts-Power Supply Info-Multi/Single Rail PSU?-Speedfan-Driver Sweeper

08-16-2007, 03:34 PM	#7 (permalink)
ebackhus Manager, Design Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: SATX Posts: 14,335 OS: WinXP Pro SP3/Windows 7 RTM My System Blog Entries: 28	Re: [SOLVED] DirectX problems Perhaps I've not paid enough tribute to it lately 'cause my Googling didn't get me that result. I found something about disabling things like capture cards, but I remembered it working just fine after installing it. shrug __________________ ----------------------------- There are no dumb questions, unless a customer is asking them. Help in the fight against cancer and other serious illnesses.