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-gunut-
02-28-2007, 19:10
I go to start it and get this message:

DirectX DDERR_GENERIC

Anyone know what this is or how it can be fixed? I am running 32bit vista
Washington,D.C.
02-28-2007, 19:22
Some games don't work properly with Vista.
-gunut-
02-28-2007, 20:01
Originally posted by Washington,D.C.
Some games don't work properly with Vista.

I have looked around and people have had no problem with this on Vista.
Washington,D.C.
02-28-2007, 20:05
I'm not big on games but that message I seem to remember used to have something to do with the copy protection on the game disk.I haven't used Vista.There is a very recent version of DirectX but I subspect Vista has it unless it was a bug fix for Vista.
Washington,D.C.
02-28-2007, 20:07
Latest version.


http://filehippo.com/download_directx/
-gunut-
02-28-2007, 20:28
Thanks I will try that out
-gunut-
02-28-2007, 20:37
Downloaded it and it still does not work. It gives me that message right before the opening video.
Washington,D.C.
02-28-2007, 20:41
Is the game on the original disk?
Washington,D.C.
02-28-2007, 20:41
Maybe a different video driver would help.
-gunut-
02-28-2007, 20:55
Yeah it is on original disc. I reinstalled my video card drivers a few weeks ago. So far all my games work fine except this and on BF2 special forces it says cannot find shaders. I don't worry about it much since I am planning on buying a new video card.