No way to enable DirectDraw

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andrea0000it

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I've seen that many people have had this problem before but still cannot find a solution.

After installing a screen capture software my DirectDraw was disabled.
I've already installed latest videocard drivers (Geforce9800 GTX), apparently there is no way in Vista 64 to Enable/disble Directdraw/Direct3d.

The 64 bit Dxdiag shows no problems but there is no way to re-enable DX at 32 bit.

Any help is really appreciated :)
 

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Uninstall the software, then system restore back to when you didn't install the app.
 

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    Sony Vaio Z46GDU
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    [email protected] w/6MB L2 cache 1066MHz FSB
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    6GB DDR3 1066MHz SDRAM
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    9300M GS 256MB + Intel Integrated 4500MHD
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    13.1" WXGA True Colour Tough
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    1600x900
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I've been all over the internet and I've figured out this problem (at least for me). I tried turning off my graphics driver and using the default VGA to no avail. I tried editing a bunch of things in shortcut (-NoStartup -NoTerrain, etc) and that didn't work. Here's the problem:

I'm using a NETBOOK, and the limited resolution aspect ratios make it so Age of Empires can't 'draw'. I fixed it by forcing my screen to use a 1024x768 resolution (800x600 works also) instead of the what it naturally does (1024x576). Here's how you can do this:

NetBook Screen Resolution 1024x768 or Higer with out Scrolling ~ CE's Geekbook

Hope I save a few people headaches!

-Alex
alexcoulombe.com
 

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Thanks for sharing. Unfortunately netbooks are designed more so for portability and price than for multimedia and especially games. They are ok for word processing and internet searching but not much else. They have underpowered processors, minute amounts of memory, etc. Don't expect to be able to do much with them.
 

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    Windows 8.1 Industry Pro x64
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    HP Pavillion Elite HPE-250f
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    Intel i7 860 Quad core 2.8 ghz
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    8 gb
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    ATI Radeon HD 5770 1 gb ram
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    Alienware 25 AW2521HF
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    1 TB x2
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    1680x1050
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    1 TB & 360 GB x2
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