Everytime I download a game to play it says the application or DLL C:\WINDOWS\system32\DSOUND.DLL is not a valid Windows image. Please check this against your installation diskette.
2006-12-19 07:19:25 · 6 answers · asked by Abbygirl 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Other - Computers
I download them from yahoo and realarcade. It wont let me window media player files either. I tried fixing it and it wont let me play *.mid files. I don't know what happened but I think I'm going to get my dad to reformat it. It brand new as of last year and we have Nortons antivirus and spysweeper on it.
2006-12-19 08:20:52 · update #1
i think u r going to have to reformat your whole computer. all the stuff on your hard drive as of now, will have to be put on D.V.D.'s or C.D.'s
2006-12-19 07:38:37 · answer #1 · answered by noodles 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It sounds like something has overwritten the original DSOUND.DLL or one of it's components with an older version.
Try these 4 things. Try 1-3, if these dont fix it, move on to 4.
1st-Make sure that all windows updates are downloaded and installed.
2nd-Un-install and re-install your sound card drivers. Go to the manufacturers website and get the latest WHQL drivers.
3rd-Go to Microsofts website and download and reinstall DirectX.
4th-Run system file checker. Check the link in the sources box for a nice, easy tutorial.
Good luck and Merry Christmas!!
2006-12-19 15:21:44 · answer #2 · answered by BoNe 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
run the following two menus of ccleaner
cleaner > Analyze > Run Cleaner
Issues > Scan For Issues > Fix Selected Issues
Read Howto and Download free CCleaner from the link below
http://bestofrest.blogspot.com/2006/11/ccleaner.html
2006-12-19 07:21:46 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Don´t download games, they are mostly infested with virus´s.
This sounds like one of these cases, does it attempt to go online as well:)
2006-12-19 07:29:45 · answer #4 · answered by Ganymede 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
seems your sound is acting up with the games you have installed
may want to run file checker
2006-12-19 07:48:35 · answer #5 · answered by great one 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
where do u download the game from? run virus scan let me know if u need help
2006-12-19 07:28:53 · answer #6 · answered by Sagar 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋