| Subject: Video drivers lost/misconfigured after reboot |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.games |
| Date: 5/11/2008 1:04:00 PM |
| From: =?Utf-8?B?Tm9tYWRpYyBEcml2ZXJz?= [Email Address Protection] |
Hello, I am having a problem running any DirectX application (game or app) on my PC. When I try I get errors either stating that I don't have a graphics card that supports it, that I must update my graphics card drivers or errors of missing DirectX files (error varies based on the application). Even things like simple DirectX demos fail to run. If I uninstall and re-install the drivers for the video card (rebooting to complete the installation) things will work fine until I reboot again. After which I'm back to the same errors. So it seems like the configuration is lost after I shut down. I've installed the ATI reference drivers (8-4_vista64_dd_ccc_wdm_enu_61009) on 64 Bit Vista SP1. I have an Intel Core 2 Duo 8400 and 4 GB of RAM on an Asus P53 motherboard and a Gigabyte Radeon HD 3870. Any ideas on why the drivers seem to go missing after a restart? There are no errors listed in DxDiag or Device Manager so they seem to still be there, but applications can't pick them up. Re-installing the applications or DirectX has no affect. The only way I can get things working again is re-installing the driver. On a side note about 1/3 of the time I start Windows I get the prompt saying Windows wasn't shut down properly, even though it was. This can pop up after I shut down or restart. Could there be a connection? Mark |
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