Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2004 & 2005

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I was playing both games successfully for months, no problems. I
upgraded to XP Pro SP2 and made some other changes about the same
time. I have DirectX 9.0c installed. I have both games still
working on another partion so I'm sure the hardware still
functions. So far I haven't been able to see what is different.
I've uninstalled and reinstalled video and monitor drivers. One
other symptom that I haven't been able to nail down is that the
icons on my desktop that had transarent backrounds now have a
blue backround.

Any ideas?

Dell Dimension 4550, 2.53 mhz
GeForce4 MX 420 video 64 mb
512 mb ram

 

[Jimmy S.]

Hi Top,

Since you have that working on other partitions, the first step
I would suggest is to generate a dxdiagnostic on each partition
to compare them and see what differences you can find:
Start / Run / type: dxdiag

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[Top]

Hi Top,

Since you have that working on other partitions, the first step
I would suggest is to generate a dxdiagnostic on each partition
to compare them and see what differences you can find:
Start / Run / type: dxdiag

I ran the dxdiag and got the information (pounds of it) and in
the process noticed the direct draw acceleration was disabled.
Thought that didn't look right, enabled it and guess what! The
game runs well now.

You pointed in the right direction! Thanks!

Top

 

[Jimmy S.]

That's great news Top - Thanks for posting!

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Game FAQs: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
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| "Jimmy S." <Private> wrote in | @TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl:
|
| > Hi Top,
| >
| > Since you have that working on other partitions, the first step
| > I would suggest is to generate a dxdiagnostic on each partition
| > to compare them and see what differences you can find:
| > Start / Run / type: dxdiag
| >
|
| I ran the dxdiag and got the information (pounds of it) and in
| the process noticed the direct draw acceleration was disabled.
| Thought that didn't look right, enabled it and guess what! The
| game runs well now.
|
| You pointed in the right direction! Thanks!
|
| Top
|
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