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08-11-2008, 08:36 PM
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Mortal
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Starcraft DirectDraw Error on Vista
Hey guys i need some help. Been playing on my new windows vista laptop and decided to jump on SC since I'm deployed to Iraq and the nets slow as ****. Every time i try to start up SC i get a DirectDraw error. I'm attaching my MSCONFIG, DXDIAG, and a pic of the error. I tried to roll back to DX 8.1, 9.0C, and am currently running 10. My video card drivers are all up to date also. Thanks much.
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08-11-2008, 09:05 PM
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    Disciple 
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Oak Harbor, Washington
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Ok, 1st try to right click on sc's icon and click "Run as Administraitor" or w/e it is. If that still doesn't work try to run the program in compatibility mode. I think you should be able to switch the video mode and switch to 256 color mode. If all still fails, tell us.
Edit: I have so little experience in Vista, can anybody tell me if you are even allowed to roll-back DirectX 10 to older versions in Vista? |
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08-11-2008, 09:11 PM
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Mortal
Join Date: Aug 2005
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Yeah i tried to do the compatability thing and i have user accts disabled so i dont have to worrie about the admin thing. And When i tired to roll back vista i had to use DHU (DirectX Happy Uninstall) run it with an xp disk and under xp compatability. appreciate the quick reply tho.
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08-12-2008, 07:03 PM
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 Zealot 
Join Date: May 2004
Location: In the Void
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Yea I got errors like this when I tried to play Diablo 2, all I had to do was...
Right click icon -> Properties -> Compatibility and then play with "run this program in compatibility mode for" and the other checks till I got it to work
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