Vista - lost directX device

I've just purchased a new computer with Vista- my standard games(free cell,
mah jongg, hearts...) were all working fine, but now I get a critical error
message 'failed to create directX device' when I try to open any of them.
What's wrong, and how do I fix it?

Go to Microsoft web site and download DirectX 10 you can find it under the
download section.

Where the heck, do you see the option to download DX 10 ?

"Joe Lo" <JoeLo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:0F99BA2C-2FF1-4F58-B6C1-0FEC9496B07A@microsoft.com...
> Go to Microsoft web site and download DirectX 10 you can find it under the
> download section.

Under the Future section of Web 5.0. :-)

I don't think they offer DX10 as a direct download, as Vista has it
pre-installed, and it won't work with Vista.

As for the solution to the problem, it may be video driver related. You
might try reinstalling the video drivers for your video card. It may have
had a Windows Update that installed and messed them up.

--
Dustin Harper
dharper@vistarip.com
http://www.vistarip.com

--
"Dale White V64" <dale.white@NOinsightbb.NOcom> wrote in message
news:OAc3W4OcHHA.4460@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>
> Where the heck, do you see the option to download DX 10 ?
>
> "Joe Lo" <JoeLo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:0F99BA2C-2FF1-4F58-B6C1-0FEC9496B07A@microsoft.com...
>> Go to Microsoft web site and download DirectX 10 you can find it under
>> the
>> download section.
>

Actually, she posted that a reboot fixed the problem. I kinda thought
people already knew to dothat first, for every problem :\

And didn't you mean.."Vista already has it pre-installed, and it won't work
with XP ?" Or are you telling us dirty little secrets about Vista and
DX10...hmmmm ?

"Dustin Harper" <dharper@vistarip.com> wrote in message
news:1D849450-9768-4785-BCCB-4D78DB997CBA@microsoft.com...
> Under the Future section of Web 5.0. :-)
>
> I don't think they offer DX10 as a direct download, as Vista has it
> pre-installed, and it won't work with Vista.
>
> As for the solution to the problem, it may be video driver related. You
> might try reinstalling the video drivers for your video card. It may have
> had a Windows Update that installed and messed them up.
>
> --
> Dustin Harper
> dharper@vistarip.com
> http://www.vistarip.com
>
> --
> "Dale White V64" <dale.white@NOinsightbb.NOcom> wrote in message
> news:OAc3W4OcHHA.4460@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>
>> Where the heck, do you see the option to download DX 10 ?
>>
>> "Joe Lo" <JoeLo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:0F99BA2C-2FF1-4F58-B6C1-0FEC9496B07A@microsoft.com...
>>> Go to Microsoft web site and download DirectX 10 you can find it under
>>> the
>>> download section.
>>
>

Yes, that's what I meant! Saw that this morning after reading over it.
Oops!

I thought rebooting was one of the first steps for troubleshooting things
like that as well.

--
Dustin Harper
dharper@vistarip.com
http://www.vistarip.com

--
"Dale White" <dale.white@NOinsightbb.NOcom> wrote in message
news:uiDAy9ScHHA.4032@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>
> Actually, she posted that a reboot fixed the problem. I kinda thought
> people already knew to dothat first, for every problem :\
>
> And didn't you mean.."Vista already has it pre-installed, and it won't
> work with XP ?" Or are you telling us dirty little secrets about Vista and
> DX10...hmmmm ?
>
> "Dustin Harper" <dharper@vistarip.com> wrote in message
> news:1D849450-9768-4785-BCCB-4D78DB997CBA@microsoft.com...
>> Under the Future section of Web 5.0. :-)
>>
>> I don't think they offer DX10 as a direct download, as Vista has it
>> pre-installed, and it won't work with Vista.
>>
>> As for the solution to the problem, it may be video driver related. You
>> might try reinstalling the video drivers for your video card. It may have
>> had a Windows Update that installed and messed them up.
>>
>> --
>> Dustin Harper
>> dharper@vistarip.com
>> http://www.vistarip.com
>>
>> --
>> "Dale White V64" <dale.white@NOinsightbb.NOcom> wrote in message
>> news:OAc3W4OcHHA.4460@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> Where the heck, do you see the option to download DX 10 ?
>>>
>>> "Joe Lo" <JoeLo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>> news:0F99BA2C-2FF1-4F58-B6C1-0FEC9496B07A@microsoft.com...
>>>> Go to Microsoft web site and download DirectX 10 you can find it under
>>>> the
>>>> download section.
>>>
>>
>
>

My understanding is that Dirextx 10 will not be available for WindowsXP
there fore making WindowsXP a defunct O.S.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...footnotes.mspx
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/Sho...24334&SiteID=1

"Dustin Harper" <dharper@vistarip.com> wrote in message
news:674E4868-FA62-411A-BC3F-1AB586EEF28B@microsoft.com...
> Yes, that's what I meant! Saw that this morning after reading over it.
> Oops!
>
> I thought rebooting was one of the first steps for troubleshooting things
> like that as well.
>
> --
> Dustin Harper
> dharper@vistarip.com
> http://www.vistarip.com
>
> --
> "Dale White" <dale.white@NOinsightbb.NOcom> wrote in message
> news:uiDAy9ScHHA.4032@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>
>> Actually, she posted that a reboot fixed the problem. I kinda thought
>> people already knew to dothat first, for every problem :\
>>
>> And didn't you mean.."Vista already has it pre-installed, and it won't
>> work with XP ?" Or are you telling us dirty little secrets about Vista
>> and DX10...hmmmm ?
>>
>> "Dustin Harper" <dharper@vistarip.com> wrote in message
>> news:1D849450-9768-4785-BCCB-4D78DB997CBA@microsoft.com...
>>> Under the Future section of Web 5.0. :-)
>>>
>>> I don't think they offer DX10 as a direct download, as Vista has it
>>> pre-installed, and it won't work with Vista.
>>>
>>> As for the solution to the problem, it may be video driver related. You
>>> might try reinstalling the video drivers for your video card. It may
>>> have had a Windows Update that installed and messed them up.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dustin Harper
>>> dharper@vistarip.com
>>> http://www.vistarip.com
>>>
>>> --
>>> "Dale White V64" <dale.white@NOinsightbb.NOcom> wrote in message
>>> news:OAc3W4OcHHA.4460@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>
>>>> Where the heck, do you see the option to download DX 10 ?
>>>>
>>>> "Joe Lo" <JoeLo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>> news:0F99BA2C-2FF1-4F58-B6C1-0FEC9496B07A@microsoft.com...
>>>>> Go to Microsoft web site and download DirectX 10 you can find it under
>>>>> the
>>>>> download section.
>>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>

It won't work with XP. DX10 is only available for Vista due to major kernel
changes. Making it for XP would be too big of a project, and would pretty
much upgrade XP to Vista in the process.

So, if you want to play DX10 games you will need Vista. And after seeing
some of the videos and screenshots of some, why wouldn't you!? :-) If you
haven't heard of Crysis, look it up. And another favorite of mine: Flight
Simulator X is coming with a patch the end of this year (hopefully!) to add
DX10 features.

--
Dustin Harper
dharper@vistarip.com
http://www.vistarip.com

--
"Ludwig" <nobody@somewhere.net> wrote in message
news:uhkxI5VcHHA.5080@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> My understanding is that Dirextx 10 will not be available for WindowsXP
> there fore making WindowsXP a defunct O.S.
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...footnotes.mspx
> http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/Sho...24334&SiteID=1
>
> "Dustin Harper" <dharper@vistarip.com> wrote in message
> news:674E4868-FA62-411A-BC3F-1AB586EEF28B@microsoft.com...
>> Yes, that's what I meant! Saw that this morning after reading over it.
>> Oops!
>>
>> I thought rebooting was one of the first steps for troubleshooting things
>> like that as well.
>>
>> --
>> Dustin Harper
>> dharper@vistarip.com
>> http://www.vistarip.com
>>
>> --
>> "Dale White" <dale.white@NOinsightbb.NOcom> wrote in message
>> news:uiDAy9ScHHA.4032@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> Actually, she posted that a reboot fixed the problem. I kinda thought
>>> people already knew to dothat first, for every problem :\
>>>
>>> And didn't you mean.."Vista already has it pre-installed, and it won't
>>> work with XP ?" Or are you telling us dirty little secrets about Vista
>>> and DX10...hmmmm ?
>>>
>>> "Dustin Harper" <dharper@vistarip.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1D849450-9768-4785-BCCB-4D78DB997CBA@microsoft.com...
>>>> Under the Future section of Web 5.0. :-)
>>>>
>>>> I don't think they offer DX10 as a direct download, as Vista has it
>>>> pre-installed, and it won't work with Vista.
>>>>
>>>> As for the solution to the problem, it may be video driver related. You
>>>> might try reinstalling the video drivers for your video card. It may
>>>> have had a Windows Update that installed and messed them up.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Dustin Harper
>>>> dharper@vistarip.com
>>>> http://www.vistarip.com
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> "Dale White V64" <dale.white@NOinsightbb.NOcom> wrote in message
>>>> news:OAc3W4OcHHA.4460@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>>
>>>>> Where the heck, do you see the option to download DX 10 ?
>>>>>
>>>>> "Joe Lo" <JoeLo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:0F99BA2C-2FF1-4F58-B6C1-0FEC9496B07A@microsoft.com...
>>>>>> Go to Microsoft web site and download DirectX 10 you can find it
>>>>>> under the
>>>>>> download section.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

Defunct is a relative term. First, you must play games, then you must want
to play DX10 games, then you must have DX10 hardware to play said games

I still get a kick at looking at valve's hardware stats.
http://www.steampowered.com/status/survey.html

If you have the X1900 series, you're in the 1% group. Got the 8800 family,
you're in the .88% group (that's point 88, as in less than 1%)

75% have 1GB or less of RAM

over 90% are using windows XP, only .99% is using Vista

Now that's only a sample of 1.16 million gamers or at least gamer's systems.
But the Steam games is faily popular and gives a pretty good snapshot of
where gamers are at. it would be really great if Blizzard did hardware
snapshots for it's World of Warcraft users

Do we really expect that everyone is going to run out to Buy Vista ?, then
Buy DX10 hardware to run on it. When there is only maybe 5-10 games coming
out this year to offer DX10 support and even then, they will have DX9
support.

XP isn't dead, though obviously dying, but my prediction is, it will be 2
years, that's right 2 years, before it takes over the 75% OS used for
gaming. unless some serious games come out that get people to jump.

But I think this last december proved something important. The Xbox 360 had
some great sales numbers (1.1 mil), but oddly enough it was beaten by PS2
(not PS3) with 1.4 million sales. Granted there is a bit of a price
difference between the two, it does show that great graphics alone won't
carry an platform. DX10 is a great tech, but it's not free and that will
keep gamers on XP for a while longer



"Ludwig" <nobody@somewhere.net> wrote in message
news:uhkxI5VcHHA.5080@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> My understanding is that Dirextx 10 will not be available for WindowsXP
> there fore making WindowsXP a defunct O.S.
> http://www.microsoft.com/windows/pro...footnotes.mspx
> http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/Sho...24334&SiteID=1
>
> "Dustin Harper" <dharper@vistarip.com> wrote in message
> news:674E4868-FA62-411A-BC3F-1AB586EEF28B@microsoft.com...
>> Yes, that's what I meant! Saw that this morning after reading over it.
>> Oops!
>>
>> I thought rebooting was one of the first steps for troubleshooting things
>> like that as well.
>>
>> --
>> Dustin Harper
>> dharper@vistarip.com
>> http://www.vistarip.com
>>
>> --
>> "Dale White" <dale.white@NOinsightbb.NOcom> wrote in message
>> news:uiDAy9ScHHA.4032@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> Actually, she posted that a reboot fixed the problem. I kinda thought
>>> people already knew to dothat first, for every problem :\
>>>
>>> And didn't you mean.."Vista already has it pre-installed, and it won't
>>> work with XP ?" Or are you telling us dirty little secrets about Vista
>>> and DX10...hmmmm ?
>>>
>>> "Dustin Harper" <dharper@vistarip.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1D849450-9768-4785-BCCB-4D78DB997CBA@microsoft.com...
>>>> Under the Future section of Web 5.0. :-)
>>>>
>>>> I don't think they offer DX10 as a direct download, as Vista has it
>>>> pre-installed, and it won't work with Vista.
>>>>
>>>> As for the solution to the problem, it may be video driver related. You
>>>> might try reinstalling the video drivers for your video card. It may
>>>> have had a Windows Update that installed and messed them up.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Dustin Harper
>>>> dharper@vistarip.com
>>>> http://www.vistarip.com
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> "Dale White V64" <dale.white@NOinsightbb.NOcom> wrote in message
>>>> news:OAc3W4OcHHA.4460@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>>
>>>>> Where the heck, do you see the option to download DX 10 ?
>>>>>
>>>>> "Joe Lo" <JoeLo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>>>>> news:0F99BA2C-2FF1-4F58-B6C1-0FEC9496B07A@microsoft.com...
>>>>>> Go to Microsoft web site and download DirectX 10 you can find it
>>>>>> under the
>>>>>> download section.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>
>

I downloaded a card game from True Poker website. I cannot get it to run. I
get an error msg "True Poker is already running on this computor. If you
cannot run this program reboot your computor".
It is not working.
Help

"BonnieT" wrote:

> I've just purchased a new computer with Vista- my standard games(free cell,
> mah jongg, hearts...) were all working fine, but now I get a critical error
> message 'failed to create directX device' when I try to open any of them.
> What's wrong, and how do I fix it?