Sudden problem with 3D preview of screensavers and now games do not run on pc? help

[Guest Tripletmomplus2]

Hello group, I sure hope someone here can help me, for some unknown reason

in the last couple of days, my pc will not allow my son to play any one his

games, ie, Thrillville of the Rails, Tornado Alley, MS Flight Simulator,

also none of the 3D microsoft screen savers are working. I have not

downloaded anything, nor do I have a virus.

I did a restore to an earlier time which is a real pain, because I have to

un-install Norton to be able to do this, but everything was ok again, but

then again this am we are right back where we started. Does anyone know of

this issue and how to correct it?

Thanks so much for you help.

--

Donna/Indiana

Mom to Carl 25, Hayden (LKS,LDD, Autism), Robert(Aspergers),(Trevor(NT) 9

(Triplets)

Madison(NT) 6

Wife to Mark

 

Haydens video:

 

My Blog: http://tripletmomplus2.blogspot.com/

 

Hayden's website: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/haydenswisher

"The mother of a disabled child will never take for granted a "spoken word".

She will never consider a "step" ordinary. When her child says "momma" for

the first time,

she will be present at a miracle and know it" Erma Bombeck

[Guest Thee Chicago Wolf]

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Re: Sudden problem with 3D preview of screensavers and now games do not run on pc? help

 

>Hello group, I sure hope someone here can help me, for some unknown reason

>in the last couple of days, my pc will not allow my son to play any one his

>games, ie, Thrillville of the Rails, Tornado Alley, MS Flight Simulator,

>also none of the 3D microsoft screen savers are working. I have not

>downloaded anything, nor do I have a virus.

>I did a restore to an earlier time which is a real pain, because I have to

>un-install Norton to be able to do this, but everything was ok again, but

>then again this am we are right back where we started. Does anyone know of

>this issue and how to correct it?

>Thanks so much for you help.

 

Try installing the DirectX November Redistributable and see if it

helps:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1A2393C0-1B2F-428E-BD79-02DF977D17B8&displaylang=en

 

- Thee Chicago Wolf

[Guest Tripletmomplus2]

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Re: Sudden problem with 3D preview of screensavers and now games do not run on pc? help

 

Well I had already tried this and it tells me a newer or same version is

already installed, so where do I go from here? This is so strange, I have

never had this kind of issue before.

 

 

--

Donna/Indiana

Mom to Carl 25, Hayden (LKS,LDD, Autism), Robert(Aspergers),(Trevor(NT) 9

(Triplets)

Madison(NT) 6

Wife to Mark

 

Haydens video:

 

My Blog: http://tripletmomplus2.blogspot.com/

 

Hayden's website: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/haydenswisher

"The mother of a disabled child will never take for granted a "spoken word".

She will never consider a "step" ordinary. When her child says "momma" for

the first time,

she will be present at a miracle and know it" Erma Bombeck

 

"Thee Chicago Wolf" <.@.> wrote in message

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> >Hello group, I sure hope someone here can help me, for some unknown

> >reason

>>in the last couple of days, my pc will not allow my son to play any one

>>his

>>games, ie, Thrillville of the Rails, Tornado Alley, MS Flight Simulator,

>>also none of the 3D microsoft screen savers are working. I have not

>>downloaded anything, nor do I have a virus.

>>I did a restore to an earlier time which is a real pain, because I have to

>>un-install Norton to be able to do this, but everything was ok again, but

>>then again this am we are right back where we started. Does anyone know of

>>this issue and how to correct it?

>>Thanks so much for you help.

>

> Try installing the DirectX November Redistributable and see if it

> helps:

> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=1A2393C0-1B2F-428E-BD79-02DF977D17B8&displaylang=en

>

> - Thee Chicago Wolf

[Guest Thee Chicago Wolf]

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Re: Sudden problem with 3D preview of screensavers and now games do not run on pc? help

 

>Well I had already tried this and it tells me a newer or same version is

>already installed, so where do I go from here? This is so strange, I have

>never had this kind of issue before.

 

What video card is installed and is the driver current?

 

- Thee Chicago Wolf

[Guest Tripletmomplus2]

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Re: Sudden problem with 3D preview of screensavers and now games do not run on pc? help

 

ATI Radeon X1050 256ram video card as far as I know it's current, I just

installed this last fall when I had issues with some video editing.

 

 

 

--

Donna/Indiana

Mom to Carl 25, Hayden (LKS,LDD, Autism), Robert(Aspergers),(Trevor(NT) 9

(Triplets)

Madison(NT) 6

Wife to Mark

 

Haydens video:

 

My Blog: http://tripletmomplus2.blogspot.com/

 

Hayden's website: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/haydenswisher

"The mother of a disabled child will never take for granted a "spoken word".

She will never consider a "step" ordinary. When her child says "momma" for

the first time,

she will be present at a miracle and know it" Erma Bombeck

 

"Thee Chicago Wolf" <.@.> wrote in message

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> >Well I had already tried this and it tells me a newer or same version is

>>already installed, so where do I go from here? This is so strange, I have

>>never had this kind of issue before.

>

> What video card is installed and is the driver current?

>

> - Thee Chicago Wolf

[Guest Thee Chicago Wolf]

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Re: Sudden problem with 3D preview of screensavers and now games do not run on pc? help

 

>ATI Radeon X1050 256ram video card as far as I know it's current, I just

>installed this last fall when I had issues with some video editing.

 

The most recent driver (version 8.2) was released on Feb 13th. In

device manager, it should have a date of 1/22/2008, and a shown

version of 8.453.0.0 if it is current. Please verify this is what you

driver version states. If not, here's a direct link to the current

driver:

https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/gamesite/8-2_xp32_dd_58128.exe

 

- Thee Chicago Wolf

[Guest Tripletmomplus2]

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Re: Sudden problem with 3D preview of screensavers and now games do not run on pc? help

 

Well I found the problem while checking another problem, for some reason my

pc won't install a recent update from MS. In looking at my recent updates,

it shows a driver update, well I rolled back to the previous driver and

everything works now, but how can I change it so MS does not install this

again, as it will not work on my video card for some reason. Also what do I

do about my pc not wanting to install this latest update from MS.

 

thanks, you have been my savior today.

 

 

--

Donna/Indiana

Mom to Carl 25, Hayden (LKS,LDD, Autism), Robert(Aspergers),(Trevor(NT) 9

(Triplets)

Madison(NT) 6

Wife to Mark

 

Haydens video:

 

My Blog: http://tripletmomplus2.blogspot.com/

 

Hayden's website: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/haydenswisher

"The mother of a disabled child will never take for granted a "spoken word".

She will never consider a "step" ordinary. When her child says "momma" for

the first time,

she will be present at a miracle and know it" Erma Bombeck

 

"Thee Chicago Wolf" <.@.> wrote in message

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> >ATI Radeon X1050 256ram video card as far as I know it's current, I just

>>installed this last fall when I had issues with some video editing.

>

> The most recent driver (version 8.2) was released on Feb 13th. In

> device manager, it should have a date of 1/22/2008, and a shown

> version of 8.453.0.0 if it is current. Please verify this is what you

> driver version states. If not, here's a direct link to the current

> driver:

> https://a248.e.akamai.net/f/674/9206/0/www2.ati.com/gamesite/8-2_xp32_dd_58128.exe

>

> - Thee Chicago Wolf

[Guest Thee Chicago Wolf]

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Re: Sudden problem with 3D preview of screensavers and now games do not run on pc? help

 

>Well I found the problem while checking another problem, for some reason my

>pc won't install a recent update from MS. In looking at my recent updates,

>it shows a driver update, well I rolled back to the previous driver and

>everything works now, but how can I change it so MS does not install this

>again, as it will not work on my video card for some reason. Also what do I

>do about my pc not wanting to install this latest update from MS.

>

>thanks, you have been my savior today.

 

Could you elaborate a bit more as this might be useful info to pass

along. When in Windows Update, you can select the checkbox option to

Not Show This Update Again so after that it should both you anymore.

 

- Thee Chicago Wolf

[Guest Allan]

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"Tripletmomplus2" <markswis@gte.net> wrote in message

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> Well I found the problem while checking another problem, for some reason

> my pc won't install a recent update from MS. In looking at my recent

> updates, it shows a driver update, well I rolled back to the previous

> driver and everything works now, but how can I change it so MS does not

> install this again, as it will not work on my video card for some reason.

> Also what do I do about my pc not wanting to install this latest update

> from MS.

>

> thanks, you have been my savior today.

>

>

> --

>

When visiting Microsoft Update, ignore all hardware/driver updates and get

them instead from the manufacturer or hardware vendor. These are usually

optional anyway. I don't believe that graphics card driver updates install

through Automatic Updates.

 

--

Allan