Vista Trouble

[desert op]

when i try to enter any zone this pops up and then continuum closes

care to help me with this anyone? ..i have no clue what it is

http://www.imagehustler.com/0408/1207008142.jpg

[Shock]

Hm.. Video card error.

 

Do you have Vista drivers for your video card installed on your PC? Do you have DirectDraw enabled? (Start - Run - dxdiag - Display) Is your card even Vista compatible?

[rootbear75]

do this:

 

WINDOWSKEY + R -> dxdiag

 

do the tests, and tell us if there are any errors

 

EDIT: whoops, sorry, didnt read all of shock's reply. but ya, do the tests on that page.

Edited April 1, 2008 by rootbear75

[Hakaku]

Make sure you're using the same color depth and resolution as your desktop (or the closest to it).

 

Does this happen in all zones? (if not, which ones?) Have you tried restarting your computer? Since when has this problem been occurring?

[desert op]

Im sry guys but i feel so stupid right now..

Ive just bought this laptop and it came with vista and i know nothing about vista.. and i cant find "run" when i click on the start menu.

[🜲 Samapico]

use the search box; typing dxdiag in there should work

[rootbear75]

Im sry guys but i feel so stupid right now..

Ive just bought this laptop and it came with vista and i know nothing about vista.. and i cant find "run" when i click on the start menu.

which is why i said WINDOWSKEY + R while on the desktop opens up the run dialog box

[Shock]

I didn't know about Windows + R until I used Vista. I sat there for about 10 minutes trying to find Run, lol.

[rootbear75]

ya lol, its been like that on all windows OSs as far as i remember

[desert op]

Hm.. Video card error.

 

Do you have Vista drivers for your video card installed on your PC? Do you have DirectDraw enabled? (Start - Run - dxdiag - Display) Is your card even Vista compatible?

 

Yes its enabled, also it says no problems found.

[Shock]

What video card do you have?

[desert op]

If that is the same thing as a graphics card i have a Mobile Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100

[Shock]

Definitely Vista compatible..

 

HMM..

 

It's hard to tell with Vista; it could be anything. Might I suggest disabling UAC and trying it. I doubt that's what it is, but UAC is annoying anyway.

 

Start - Run - msconfig - Tools - Disable UAC - Launch.

 

Start - Control Panel - Classic View - Security Center - Change the way Security Center alerts me - No alerts, don't show icon in system tray.

 

Reboot, re-install, try again.

 

I wish you luck, sir.