i can't play any of my games, i have directx 9 installed and still nothing, then i went to 'run' and typed in dxdiag to see if direct 3d acceleration was enabled but i can't enable it because it says it is 'not avaliable'. what can i do? it never did this before i got my computer reformated. help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2007-07-13 00:55:48 · 3 answers · asked by steven n 2 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Add-ons
You deleted your drivers when you formatted your PC. It looks like you may have missed reinstalling them after installing the OS. Try installing the graphics driver.
2007-07-13 03:04:56 · answer #1 · answered by Karz 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
go to windows update , get all critical, and non critical updates, even if you do not know what they are , or do. to get to the non-critical ones, you click on the custom tab, and not the express tab, get everything , in all catagory's.
also do yourself a big favor go to the maker of your computer (assuming its not hand built) , and get thier updates as well. if its hand built go to the maker of each componant of the system(video card) sound card , ethernet card .. and such , get thier updates.
by the time you get this far you should be good to go , however, to continue ...
go got divx.com, and download the latest video codecs for video ( i know has nothing to do with games )
standard disk maintinance.... disk clean up, then defrag , go to grisoft.com get anti spy, anti virus, and malcoius software trials (they are free for home use)
run each scan seperatly , when done with each , then go to
ccleaner.com, and get this free program as well run it , it will pick up where windows disk cleanup left off . also there is a issues button on the left where the scan start is , go there , run that scan as well, and repair all the issues your dll's, and other files along with registry issues..
one last thing i tell everyone , back up items onto cd-rom (drivers , updates , programs, pistures , music, movies, files ) you wont regret it someday when your computer goes down, and you dont lose everything ..
2007-07-13 08:07:50 · answer #2 · answered by mikey29_70 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
update all the graphics drivers and then uninstall and reinstall direct x 9. hope this helps
2007-07-13 08:00:10 · answer #3 · answered by Cyber-Medic 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋