Re: 3d graphics hardware generator



Hi matt85033,

Halo could not correctly initialize the 2D part of DirectX (DirectDraw) to display the game. DirectX may be corrupted or video
Hardware acceleration may have to be increased. For more information, visit the following Microsoft Web site:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=drx (http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?pr=drx)
Microsoft recommendation: Follow the instructions in the following article.

For more information about DirectX Corruption, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge
Base:
191660 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/191660/) Games: The DirectDraw option or the Direct3D option is unavailable when you start
games for Windows

From: http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829478

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matt85033 Wrote:
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| i was trying to play halo and a fatal error occured and prompted me to check
| and see if my hardware acceleration might be disabled how do i fix this
| problem?


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