I cant enable direct draw acceleration

[ssamantha0724]

Okay so all I want to do is play Sims 2 on my computer. The error message im still getting says failed to find any DirectX9.0 compatible graphics adapters in this system! please make sure you have DirectX9.0 compatible graphics adapter and have installed the latest drivers provided by the manufacturer. This application will now terminate.

Ive tried a millions things and can not seem to figure it out.
I do know that it says
DirectDraw acceleration : not available
directdraw3d acceleration: not available
AGP texture acceleration: not available

and I cannot click on them.
PLEASE HELP!

 

[Boozad]

Hi, welcome to Windows 7 forums. Could you please fill out your system specs to enable us to help you.

:ar: Fill out your system specs

 

[ssamantha0724]

hope this helps

 

[Boozad]

Ideally we need to know the laptop model number, did you follow the link in post two?

 

[ssamantha0724]

yes I did. its not a laptop. where can I find that information?

 

[Boozad]

I didn't realise Sony made VAIO desktops. I'm a bit confused as to your graphics, your spec says it's a standard VGA adaptor but your screenshot lists an nVidia chip.

 

[ssamantha0724]

Honestly I could be wrong, but I know this isn't a laptop. and yes im all confused. I have no clue what to do anymore. any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

[Boozad]

Follow the instructions linked in post #2 to the letter, that will give us your exact system specs.

 

[ssamantha0724]

i have. i did it again as instructed. hopefully it worked.

 

[ssamantha0724]

Hhhhhhhhhhheeeeeeeeeellllllllllllppppppppppppp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Boozad]

I've requested more help as I'm struggling to get my head around your system specs.

 

[essenbe]

Click the start button, all programs,Accessories, system tools, System Information. Click file then export save to desktop. Right click the file and select send to -compressed zip folder. Upload it with you next post. http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/9733-screenshots-files-upload-post-seven-forums.html

Or http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/180324-system-info-see-your-system-specs.html see step 5 and 6.

 

[ssamantha0724]

what exactly are you looking for? I can ask the owner of the computer he is sure to know.

 

[UsernameIssues]

what exactly are you looking for? I can ask the owner of the computer he is sure to know.

The people attempting to help you need more info about the computer and the video card inside it.

It is your choice, you (or the computer owner) can:
...follow the steps in post #12 and answer the question in post #13
...or live with the problem
...or seek help elsewhere (e.g. call Sony support).

It is not my intent to be rude. I'm just attempting to answer your question and detail your options.

 

[tom982]

Hi Samantha,

Try this please

Command Prompt

Warning: this fix is specific to the user in this thread. No one else should follow these instructions as it may cause more harm than good. If you are after assistance, please start a thread of your own.

1. Click on the Start
   
   button and in the search box, type Command Prompt
2. When you see Command Prompt on the list, right-click on it and select Run as administrator
3. When command prompt opens, copy and paste the following command into it, press enter after.
   
   wmic computersystem get model,name,manufacturer,systemtype
   
   
4. Right-click on the Command Prompt window and click Select All, this will invert all of the colours by selecting the text, now press enter. All of this text is now copied.
5. Paste (Ctrl+V) it into your next post please.

Tom

 

[HoneycombAG]

Can't you get the Latest NVIDIA ForceWare Drivers installed for this machine?

Contains nVIDIA GeForce Go 7400 with up to 335 MB shared memory.
This is only good enough to run Sims 2 at "medium" graphics settings.

DXDiag says you have a 1280x1024 display. You should put that in your system specs.

 

[ssamantha0724]

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Windows\system32>wmic computersystem get model,name,manufacturer,systemtype
Manufacturer Model Name SystemType
Sony Corporation VGC-LS37E JFS-PC X86-based PC

C:\Windows\system32>

 

[essenbe]

http://www.docs.sony.com/release/specs/VGCLS37E_mksp.pdf

 

[HoneycombAG]

Here's another thing that's listed about this computer ... it was only designed for Windows Vista HP. Was the computer upgraded from Vista to 7?
It was also meant to be designed as a HTPC as well (one of the early media-center PC's), as it had a built-in TV Tuner. It also had DVR, which allowed a user to record their favorite shows, pause TV, and practically time-shift recordings direct to disk or DVD. It can be mounted on a wall or placed in a TV hutch, or simply have it on your desk.

It's also ... Discontinued.

Sony stopped short of supplying driver updates just before Windows 7 came out. But you might get lucky and give Windows Update a quick run.

You will, however, need to look in Device Manager to see if any yellow triangles show up. They appear as :warn:

 

[ICIT2LOL]

For my two cents worth I would drop in 2GB more RAM a new drive and an OEM 7, then use the old rive for whatever and retrieve data from it.

The specs perhaps I am not looking in the right place but are pretty vague - DDR 1/2/3 ?what