The games i frequently played(morrowind, warcraft 3) have stopped working. Actually, all games that require a disc have stopped working. Everything worked fine until my little sister loaded some kids games, i think they were put put and dream dollhouse. Now its saying something about a problem with direct 3D, and it somehow uninstalled warcraft3 by itself...Ive already redownloaded direct x, and i tried some other stuff i cant remember....it was a while ago, i just got fed up and need to play morrowind. So any ideas on how to get it to play my games again? Thanks in advance.

Go to start Run... dxdiag | Display

Here run the 3D tests. Do they pass?

Also do you know what Graphics card you have?

If not post back this scan:

http://www.d-a-l.com/hardware-scan.php

I have run the dxdiag thing when i first started the problem, some other site told me to....turns out it says i cant test direct3d..
"Direct3D functionality not available. You should verify that the driver is a final version from the hardware manufacturer". I dont know how to verify the driver -.-
Oh and ill post the info thingy you were talking about.

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OS Information:
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OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition|C:\WINDOWS|\Device\Harddisk0\Partition1
Service Pack 2.0
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS


Processor:
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Current Clock Speed 2793
Description x86 Family 15 Model 3 Stepping 4
Manufacturer GenuineIntel
Name Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 CPU 2.80GHz


Memory (RAM):
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Bank Label
Capacity 268435456

Bank Label
Capacity 268435456

Total Memory Deteced in Hardware: ~512 MB
Memory Reported to Operating System: 510MB

Disk Drives:
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Description Disk drive
Manufacturer (Standard disk drives)
Model HDS722540VLAT20
Media Type Fixed hard disk media
Size 39999536640 (~37 GB)
Number of Partitions 3


Installed Printers:
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Name Lexmark Z25-Z35
Port Name USB001
Default True
Driver Name Lexmark Z25-Z35

Name Fax
Port Name SHRFAX:
Default False
Driver Name Microsoft Shared Fax Driver

Name Acrobat PDFWriter
Port Name LPT1:
Default False
Driver Name Acrobat PDFWriter


Motherboard:
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Manufacturer Dell Computer Corp.
Model
Name Base Board
Part Number
Product 0N6381
Serial Number ..CN4811149L01KF.
Version


BIOS:
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Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation
Name Phoenix ROM BIOS PLUS Version 1.10 A01
Release Date 20040824000000.000000+000
Version DELL - 7


Monitor:
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Description Plug and Play Monitor
Name Plug and Play Monitor
Screen Height 768
Screen Width 1024


Keyboard:
PropertyValue
Description Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard


Pointing Device:
PropertyValue
Manufacturer Microsoft
Name PS/2 Compatible Mouse


Sound Card:
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Manufacturer Microsoft
Description Unimodem Half-Duplex Audio Device
Device ID MODEMWAVE\0\{515F07F9-883D-48CE-98FF-5BD60D432BFE}

Manufacturer Analog Devices, Inc.
Description SoundMAX Integrated Digital Audio
Device ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_24D5&SUBSYS_019D1028&REV_02\3&172 E68DD&0&FD


Video Card:
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Adapter Compatibility Intel Corporation
Adapter RAM 100663296
Description Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller
Installed Display Drivers ialmrnt5.dll
Driver Version 6.14.10.4396
Driver Date 9/20/2005 4:00:54 PM
Video Mode Description 1024 x 768 x 4294967296 colors


DirectX Installation:
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Version 6.03.01.0148


Modem:
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Model Conexant D850 56K V.9x DFVc Modem
Name Conexant D850 56K V.9x DFVc Modem


Network Adapters:
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Description Intel(R) PRO/100 VE Network Connection - Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description RAS Async Adapter
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description WAN Miniport (L2TP)
Description WAN Miniport (PPTP)
Description WAN Miniport (PPPOE)
Description Direct Parallel
Description WAN Miniport (IP)
Description WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Description Packet Scheduler Miniport
Description WAN Miniport (ATW)

External Ports:
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External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
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External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
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External Reference Designator
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External Reference Designator
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External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator
External Reference Designator

Expansion Slots:
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Slot Designation PCI1
Slot Designation PCI2
Slot Designation PCI3
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What is the exact Dell model? e.g. Dimension 2400 etc.

Dell dimension 3000, says that around the on button. Not exactly new, but it worked all my games fine exept for morrowind crashed occasionally, but everybodys crashes sometimes. Now it just stops when i try to start up the game. Wants me to send some error report.

Try installing this driver:

Intel 82865G Graphics Controller

http://support.dell.com/support/down...&fileid=137459

Alright thanks, but i have dialup so it might take a while....

Let us know how it goes.

Lol thx, fingers crossed...and another 10 minuites to wait for it to finish downloading =[