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Windows 7 HELP: Can't find updated video card driver anywhere!
I can't seem to find a video card driver anywhere, can someone suggest one for me? When I try to download one, it fails to download or won't work. I can't enable aero or play games like minecraft. Someone please help, it's taking a lot of my time. Dxdiag: ------------------ System...- FeeegGeef
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- 32-bit aero directx download drivers error gaming graphics graphics card ibm installation intel pentium performance support system information troubleshooting update vga windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 8 Setup Wizard not connecting to internet
I am trying to download directx to my computer. Once the setup wizard starts to run the install an error message pops up and says that I need to connect to the Internet to continue. The funny thing is that I am obviously connected to the Internet since I am trying to download it off of the...- Marc Anderson
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- browser connection issues directx downloading installation internet setup wizard troubleshooting
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Cannot install Windows Live Essentials 2012
Cannot install Windows Live Essentials 2012 Here's the latest in a long series of unsolvable problems where Windows Essentials 2012 can not be installed. I've asked this same question on other forums only to have it insulted, ignored or used to guide me to spam. The repeated error message -...- Kevin Lillard
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- 64-bit ccleaner community support directx error 0x80040609 firewall help request installation media player messenger msconfig offline installation registry revo uninstaller sfc troubleshooting virus scan windows 7 windows live windows update
- Replies: 16
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 DDI 10.1 in DXDiag (with dx11 card) - Hotfix will NOT WORK! -solved-
Howdy guys, I've spent the last few days scouring the internet to resolve an issue affecting my laptop. The issue came about while trying to play Shadows of Mordor, it announced that "your device isn't DX11 compatible". So after checking the specs of the 640m, I noted that it does infact...- WirlWind
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- compatibility directx dxdiag graphics hotfix intel 3000 nvidia 640m optimus shadows of mordor windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Computer crashes when i'm gaming.
Two days ago my games used to run just fine,but now,after 5 mins my game turns to a black screen the sound loops,and after some seconds it shuts down.When i reboot the message appear "windows recoveried from an error" My specs are: -Windows 7 32 -Intel pentium dual core 3 ghz -ASUS mainboard...- Thegroovy
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- asus black screen computer crash directx drivers error gaming graphics nvidia old hardware pentium performance recovery sound loop specs support troubleshooting windows 7
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- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 8.1 Why hasn't or isn't Microsoft building an OS exclusively for PC gaming?
Why hasn't or isn't Microsoft building an operating system (OS) exclusively for desktop PC gaming? Something similar to Xbox OS optimized for desktop, mouse and keyboard. With Xbox OS already existing and running on very similar hardware to desktop PC, why isn't there a version for desktop PC...- Lucas Danielson
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- api bloatware customer loss desktop directx game development game studios gaming hardware upgrade market share microsoft opengl performance peripheral resource management steam user base xbox os
- Replies: 19
- Forum: General Computing
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Windows 8 Is Windows 8 Suitable for My PC? Performance Issues and Specs Discussion
Hi, Im not so sure is win 8 right for my pc? If im looking for specs, then it shold be ok. I have atm win8 in my pc for a week now, after the install my pc worked good, but now its so slow, and in taskmanager i see that service host and some kind of update thing uses all my ram. Or what kind of...- Hinotora
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- amd directx memory usage nvidia performance slow specifications task manager update windows 8
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Monitor/Adapter cable problems?
So recently i've had no issues with my monitor or adapter cable, which is what i think and hope is the problem. Everything worked fine, but one day i shut down my PC, and in the morning, tried starting it up. My tower turned on as usual, i could hear the fan running and the lights come on, but...- Rfalke8
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- adapter black screen cable compatibility connection directx display dll drivers error graphics hardware monitor performance power saving resolution support troubleshooting update
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 .DLL File Error, cannot open certain files/programs
This has been going on for a couple months, and it hasn't gotten in the way but now it is as it's preventing me from opening certain files and games i want to use, such as Skype, and games like Bioshock Infinite. Whenever i start up my computer or open specific programs, it says ...- Rfalke8
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- administrator bioshock infinite catalyst control center computer help directx dll errors driver update file access file issues game issues installation media skype software installation software vendors support tech support troubleshooting unresponsive apps windows
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Affordable GPU and SSD/HDD Options for a Budget Gamer
Imma 10 year old gamer who frankly, doesn't have a gaming computer. I've been wanting to buy a new GPU and a new SSD/HDD for a while, but I can't find anything on a $40 budget. So These are the things I need help with: GPU with DirectX 11+, Pixel Shaders 4.0+, and 512mb+ of Dedicated VRam And...- JaxDrumm
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- budget directx gaming gpu hdd help parts ssd storage vram
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- Forum: Windows Hardware
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Windows 7 Playing any games on every windows machine
Hi guys I really like playing my old style games (from years 1999) and what I find is that every year or so I have to re-install, or freshly install my OS (right now I have win 8.1). I have many games which then need to be installed again (300Gb+) so doing so each time takes hours - if not...- gamer4life
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- age of empires battlefield call of duty directx dll errors driver issues emulator external drive frustration game directories game installation game support gaming old games software solutions stronghold usb 3.0 windows 8.1 windows compatibility
- Replies: 6
- Forum: Windows Games
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Windows 7 Gaming related BSODs, probably direct X
Diagnostics are attached. The BSODs seem to be mainly when gaming although not only. The games in specific are smite, it also crashes when I play Civ V but, only when I'm streaming Netflix on my second monitor but, not if I'm watching something via VLC. I recently upgraded my GPU from a 7790...- Scase
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- amd bsod civ v configuration diagnostics directx drivers error gaming gpu hardware memtest overheating performance psu sapphire streaming system upgrade windows 7
- Replies: 5
- Forum: Windows Blue Screen of Death (BSOD)
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Windows 7 Videos won't play, games won't load. Has my graphics card gone bad?
I've been having this problem for a while now, and I stopped using my Windows desktop and started using my Chromebook instead. I just got back into using my desktop again, and I restarted it factory fresh. After installing all possible Windows updates, installing the latest graphics drivers...- MattKimura
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- amd desktop issues direct3d directx driver issues dxdiag factory reset game load graphics card graphics driver hardware check performance issues restart software issues sony vegas support request troubleshooting video playback windows update
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Need Help with Desktop PC
This has been going on for a couple months, and it hasn't gotten in the way but now it is as it's preventing me from opening certain files and games i want to use, such as Skype, and Bioshock Infinite. Whenever i start up my computer or open specific programs, it says ...- Rfalke8
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- bioshock infinite d3d11.dll desktop directx error graphics driver skype software installation unresponsive windows
- Replies: 11
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 Video Card Drivers
I first had windows xp professional i used to play uberstrike in that OS after that there was a problem with my OS and I changed it to windows 7 ultimate now i am not able to play the game....... its displaying " failed to initialize 3d rendering . make sure you have directx9 and video card...- vishal
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- 3d graphics directx drivers gaming graphics card installation troubleshooting uberstrike windows 7 windows xp
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- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming
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Windows 7 Please help reinstall or remove DirectX
I recently downloaded a game off of Steam and immediately after trying to run it I received an error message which said: "Failed to create Direct3D9 device". I have had this error message before and did manage to resolve the issue by updating all my drivers. So I decided to give that a try but...- C4H10FO2P
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- directx drivers dxdiag error gaming graphics performance reinstall remove steam
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 7 missing dll error
ive just installed black mirror 2 but when i try to start the game i get errors first error was d3dx9_35.dll missing i downloaded directx latest and installed it but now get this error trivium.dll is missing from your computer put TRiViUM.dll into system32 folder and ran regsvr32 TRiViUM.dll...- john67
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- black mirror 2 directx dll errors game installation missing files system32 trivium troubleshooting windows error
- Replies: 3
- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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How to install the latest version of DirectX
Continue reading...- News
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- directx graphics installation software support update version windows
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- Forum: Knowledge Base (KB)
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Windows 8 Will the following games work in 8.1 x64 ?
Games for Windows Live won't install in 8.1 x64, nor will .net framework 3.5, even though I enabled it. I thus lost DiRT 3, Microsoft Flight, Batman:Arkham Asylum and Batman:Arkham City. Yesterday I got the following games through Humble Bundle: Batman:Arkham Asylum GOTY, Batman:Arkham City...- brkkab
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- arkham series batman compatibility directx dirt 3 f.e.a.r. flight simulator game installation game support games gaming issues humble bundle lord of the rings net framework scribblenauts steam windows 8.1 windows live x64
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- Forum: Windows Help and Support
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Windows 8 Radeon driver problem.
I have a HP Pavilion dv6-6121se Link Removed i recently upgraded to windows 8 pro and my games got slower and in game options i could only select directx 9 until later i got battlefield 4 and it says gpu cant buffer frame and it said gpu was intel hd 3000 i checked system info and saw it...- STM123
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- catalyst directx drivers framebuffer gaming gpu graphics hardware hp pavilion intel hd model recognition performance radeon software system information troubleshooting upgrade windows 8
- Replies: 8
- Forum: Windows Graphics and Gaming