Maybe microsoft should add this to its support page for that problem
Hi, i found a solution to that problem, and it works
after lots of trial and error and some thinking, the game
itself doesn't have any problem, its merely a problem of drivers
so, i thought why not try to disable the display adapter's driver
and use the windows default driver instead? And it works
Anywayz here's how to proceed,
Right click on your desktop>click on properties (Display properties will launch up)
Click on settings>Advanced
Click on the Adapter tab
Click on properties
in the General Tab, down below there is "Devie usage"
Click on that device usage list, and select"Do not use this device(disable)"
Click on ok to confirm (leave the display properties and all)
It'll ask you to rest, restart your machine
and voila you can play age of empires without that dumb direct draw problem.
Thanks to me