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Problem with dxdiag and fullscreen applications
Hi there!
I have a problem with my new computer that many people had, but couldn't find a solution that works for me. The problem shows in two ways: First, the Direct3D test of dxdiag is aborted with a message that it was canceled by pressing a key - but I didn't press a key, my keyboard works flawlessly and I don't have any strange keyboard driver or additional tools installed. Second, some fullscreen applications like Age of Empires 2 or Milkdrop, when the application changes the resolution (e.g. the AoE menu uses 800x600) the application is minimized and cannot be activated. If I change the desktop resolution to the same resolution than the application I can activate it, then everything works fine - until the application changes the resolution again (I'm playing AoE in 1280x1024). My configuration is: I have two new PCs, each with AMD Athlon II X2 240, Asrock N68-S mainboard, 2 GB RAM and a Geforce 9600GT 1GB grafics card. I have installed Windows XP SP3, the latest driver (first for the chipset, the for the grafics card) and no other software - and the problem occurs on both PCs. One hint that I've found targets on the screen not being able to display the selected resolution or frequency. So I set the frequency to 60 Hz in dxdiag, both screen and grafics card can display 800x600 at 60 Hz, but the problem remains.. I'm currently quite desperate, I don't know what to do anymore. Perhaps someone has a new idea? With hopeful greets, Torsten |
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