Berenke

Hi folks, thanks for the tips, Im pretty useless at this stuff. Anyways, did the dxdiag as suggested danzil and it didnt come up with any error messages. Im afraid I dont know how to tell what graphic card Im using (told you I was thick! :O) ). Ive reinstalled the latest directx but am still getting the error message when I try t run the games. ...and finally just to show just how thick I am, what do you mean when you say run on full power Tech? I appreciate all the advice folks, many thanks

Hi Danzil, yup Ive reinstalled both, but the game still says its unable to detect direct x. A new update on windows media player by the way, now when I try to play a dvd on it, it says it has experienced an error and has to close. Very odd, Media player classic still working great though. Tried installing another game just to see if it was the Rome game itself or some system prob, Im getting the same message, unable to detect directx. thanks, Berenke

Thanks Danzil. I downloaded the codec pack and it seems to have some effect. Windows Media Player is still not working, but its allowed Media Player Classic which is also on my system to start working, so I can now watch DVDs (hoorah!!). Another problem which I think might be related. My system has stopped playing the only game I have on there (Rome:Total War) saying that it cannot detect Direct X on my system. I know its on there as I downloaded directx 9 from the prompt when the game was originally installed. I thought about doing a system refresh but the furthest point it will let me go is only a few weeks back and this problem has been ongoing for longer than that. As for anti-virus scans I have norton and also xsoftspy which I scan with daily. I havent removed anything recently. Any further technical tips would be well appreciated.

Hi folks, Im a muggle when it comes to technical stuff and need some help. I have a Toshiba Laptop, Intel Celeron M processor, 1.50Ghz, 444MB of Ram with a DVD drive. Ive had it for about a year, about two months ago I started having problems with Media Player. It no longer shows any visuals on DVDs though I can hear the audion and it show the disc infor (name etc) as if it was playing normally. Ive been throught the Windows Help Guide and made sure that the security is set at medium to allow codec downloads but that doesnt seem to help. If anyones got any advice it would be appreciated.