how can i find out if my pc has a pixel shader supported graphics card?

Hello, when I have "Microsoft WMA Pro Audio" ticked in sound interface
properties my halo 2 sounds don’t work, only start up video sound works then
after that it blank. When I have "Microsoft WMA Pro Audio" un-ticked it all
works fine.

how to play network Hearts on a local area network

While playing online games my computer freezes up.  Anything else I do the
computer is fine, but when I play games i.e., Big Money, Inspector Parker,
Jewel Quest, etc. it'll freeze up.  Does anyone know what causes this and how
to fix it?

i lost the product code needed for installation, is there any way to get it
back? Please help! thanks A LOT!

Currently got Nvidia GeForce MX/MX 400 but want to upgrade to be able to play
3d games.   What card would fit in my machine.
Has 1.90 gigahertz Intel Pentium 4, 8 kilobyte primary memory cache, 256
kilobyte secondary memory cache, 58 gb Hard drive free space,1 Gb Ram.

I have not been able to summon creatures, I dont know how to summon
the jade gorgoyle or scorpion. Can Anyone please guide me? I have
placed them in the book in positions 1 or 2. Only
healing,zap,fireskulls etc seems to work. Im in the goblin/robot

Have the Deluxe edition w/Broken World expansion.
Installed correctly, Vista SP 1, 4gb ram, 256mb video.
Confirmed no updates to system out there (Direct X, BIOS and video settings).
Have started getting fatal CRC errors at same point in 1 game while looking

I just bought the GOTY edition of this game for my son and I. When I
installed them they both had same CD Key. I searched online and found out
this is a problem with all the copies being sold there now. So I am stuck
with two copies of this game that was shipped from Microsoft ...

when i start halo for the pc it says Exception! then says gathering exception
data for a few minutes, then fails to work. how do i fix this? please?

I used to have the basic Freecell/Solataire/minesweeper etc on my XP home pc.
After reinstalling Outlook Express to my PC I find these games have been
replaced by internet games from MS/Zone.com.  (Is it me or is the Add/Remove
facility ambiguous as it doesn't say whether it's ...