I tried to install and run this game on Vista Home Premium 32bit and the
launcher tells me that insufficient DirectX is detected.
It wants to install d3dx9_27.dll in order to run. I've tried running it in
compatibility mode but no luck.

I have just bought ATI's Sapphire X1900 256MB for my PC. I have got Vista
Ultimate installed and Vista detected the graphics and installed with no
problems until it needed to reboot. It gets to the green bar going across
the screen and then I get a black screen with the message ...

I have encountered a strange behaviour. If I run a game (tested with Guild
Wars & Unreal Tournament 2004) and switch back to the desktop, the game
produces 100% cpu usage (in reality 50% because i have a dualcore cpu). Even
if i am in the game, the cpu usage is not so high. I ...

Hi I have 2 x 8800 GTX's in SLI mode which worked great with XP. I did a
clean install of Vista Home Premium, re-installed FSX and I can't play it for
more than a few minutes before it starts to slow down considerably, then
closes as Vista brings up a message saying I am out of ...

Only certain games seem to show up in media center and the game folder on
vista. I use my pc as a gaming/media pc so it would be nice if I could
access all of them through media center, is there a way?
Examples -

Is there a way to purchase or download solitaire, minesweeper and the like
onto Windows Vista Business Edition? I recieved this version through MSDN
Academic Alliance, and would like to get some of the software that isn't
included.

My system specs are as follows:
Asus Crosshair motherboard
AM2 5200 X2   2.6Ghz Cpu
2 GB Corsair Pc6400 800Mhz Dominator 4-4-4-12 DDR2

After completing the install for a game (Star Wars: Knights of the Old
Republic) and attempting to launch the app, I receive an error: conflict with
disk emulator software (see securom.com/emulator). I've tried running the app
in compatibility mode (for both the EXE and the ...

Does anyone know if Office XP is compatible with Windows Vista Home Premium?
Thanks in advance
Jerry

I want to buy a new Vista but I don't know which edition I should get. Is the
Ultimate Vista 32bit compatible with all computer games? I'm able to pay more
for Ultimate and "get it all" than buy a Home Premium edition, as long as all
computer games will work with the ultimate

Have Gforce 8800 video card which supports direct x10, do existing games
have to be patched by manufacturer to take advantage of direct x10?

installed world of warcraft, installation went great. Started playing the
game and about every 20 seconds or so the screen flashes black and lags up.
then it comes back on. I minimized it and there was a error message saying
the graphics driver failed but has succesfully ...

I just "upgraded" from XP Media Center on my HP m7674n to Windows Vista Home
Premium edition.  I am having a couple of problems:
1.  I have Microsoft Wireless Comfort Keyboard and Mouse.  The problem is
that my screen saver never runs.  I had the same problem with XP.  The

I think Windows Vista is a quite good operating system, fancy look and based
on new core.
Of course there is bug, but most of them are going to be fixed. I don't have
had any problems with vista yet, but though it is pretty annoying with all