Click Start and type "run" in the Start Search box. Hit return. In fact
you can type "dxdiag" in the Start Search box and hit return to run dxdiag
without bothering with the run box at all. Start Search doubles as a run
box.
Also, if you don't hit return you will see the tool at the top of the menu
pane and you can right click on it and select Send to...Desktop or Add To
Quicklaunch.
"alilly" <alilly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8987F3FE-9BB5-4785-8CE9-0D947E6F971E@microsoft.com...
> Already have done that. That's why I'm asking here to begin with. Because
> the
> obvious solution of tweaking settings in dxdiag doesn't work. Plus, from
> what
> I've heard, Vista doesn't even have a run box anymore. So I'm looking for
> a
> DX10/Vista equvilant of disabling the Sound Hardware acceleration.
>
> "Konstantin Shishov" wrote:
>
>> You can check DX configurations by -->RUN---> "dxdiag" ENTER
>>
>> And see what you can do as well as test it ...or disable
>> --
>> Microsoft MVP 1999-2002
>>
>>
>> "alilly" wrote:
>>
>> > Ok, I myself am not running vista, but a friend of mine is, and we've
>> > got an
>> > older game we'd like to play together. The game was made for Windows
>> > 98, so
>> > it still runs fine on XP and even Vista. The only problem is there's a
>> > sound
>> > issue with the game that makes the sound crackle and pop constantly,
>> > which is
>> > very annoying, especially durring the cinematics in the start of the
>> > game. I
>> > was able to fix this quite easily on my XP maching by going into
>> > dxdiag, then
>> > to the sound tab, then turning the sound hardware acceleration off.
>> > Problem
>> > solved, for me. However, as my friend is running Windows Vista, he has
>> > DX10,
>> > and there's no option to turn the sound acceleration off. So my
>> > question is,
>> > how do we make this work in vista, besides downgrading to DX9c (which
>> > I'm not
>> > sure is possible in Vista), or downgrade to XP. Is it even possible to
>> > make
>> > an adjustment like that anymore?