Re: DirectDraw and video games

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From: Jose Francisco (almach_at_onvol.net)
Date: 08/01/04 

Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 07:18:27 +0200

Greetings,

To turn on the DirectDraw Acceleration and get to use the full use of your
new graphic card, try follwing the steps below:

1) Start > Run
2) Type in "Dxdiag" (without the quotes)
3) Click on the "Display" tab
4) You'll see a "DirectX Features" box there, just them all to enable :)

Thanks and best of luck! 

--
Jose Francisco
http://www.xpez.tk
Still got problems - Email me!
chicofar at onvol dot net
"Kapp717" <Kapp717@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:B2091BFD-7C0F-4FDA-B2DF-6BEC46763A56@microsoft.com...
> I have a game that used to work with my old graphics card.  I installed a
new one and now it says that it has problems with the DirectDraw and that
hardware acceleration might not be on.  I checked the dxdiag in Run and it
said everything was working fine.  I also made sure my hardware acceleration
was on.  Im not quite sure what to do, but Im almost certain it is my new
graphics card.  Any help?

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