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132785 2003-04-02 02:39:00 Every time I install a game off the PC WORLD PLUS CD-ROM, and go to start the game I get:

ERROR STARTING PROGRAM
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(!) A required .DLL file, D3D8.DLL, was not found.


And it wont work!! this happens on most of the games I install off this CD and last months CD as well.

What the hell is going on?
Rhiannon_Loraine (3512)
132786 2003-04-02 02:46:00 D3D8.DLL is part of the Microsoft DirectX video driver.

Go to Start > Run and type "dxdiag". You should be able to view your DirectX version.

It should be version 9.0a to be up to date. You can download it from Microsoft.com (www.microsoft.com)
honeylaser (814)
132787 2003-04-02 02:47:00 you need to install directX. i think dx8.1 is proberly on the disk.

some of the games need dx8 or higher.

what OS and video card do you have?
tweak'e (174)
132788 2003-04-02 03:05:00 I have Win98 and the Graphics Card is a NVIDIA RIVA TNT pro
I checked to see if its working and it is.
(control panel>System/Device Manager/Display Adapters)
Rhiannon_Loraine (3512)
132789 2003-04-02 03:09:00 I'll download the newest version of DirectX and see if it works Rhiannon_Loraine (3512)
132790 2003-04-02 03:53:00 Sweeeeetttt!!
It worked, and so do all my games!!!!

Thanks heaps
Rhiannon_Loraine (3512)
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