Again, all beside the point. I'm not the one using Vista here, and I figure
that my frend has figured out how to do all that. What I'm asking is how do
we fix this hardware accerleration issue, as that's the issue here. I don't
really care if there's a run box or not.

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

> Click Start and type "run" in the Start Search box. Hit return. In fact
> you can type "dxdiag" in the Start Search box and hit return to run dxdiag
> without bothering with the run box at all. Start Search doubles as a run
> box.
>
> Also, if you don't hit return you will see the tool at the top of the menu
> pane and you can right click on it and select Send to...Desktop or Add To
> Quicklaunch.
>
> "alilly" <alilly@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:8987F3FE-9BB5-4785-8CE9-0D947E6F971E@microsoft.com...
> > Already have done that. That's why I'm asking here to begin with. Because
> > the
> > obvious solution of tweaking settings in dxdiag doesn't work. Plus, from
> > what
> > I've heard, Vista doesn't even have a run box anymore. So I'm looking for
> > a
> > DX10/Vista equvilant of disabling the Sound Hardware acceleration.
> >
> > "Konstantin Shishov" wrote:
> >
> >> You can check DX configurations by -->RUN---> "dxdiag" ENTER
> >>
> >> And see what you can do as well as test it ...or disable
> >> --
> >> Microsoft MVP 1999-2002
> >>
> >>
> >> "alilly" wrote:
> >>
> >> > Ok, I myself am not running vista, but a friend of mine is, and we've
> >> > got an
> >> > older game we'd like to play together. The game was made for Windows
> >> > 98, so
> >> > it still runs fine on XP and even Vista. The only problem is there's a
> >> > sound
> >> > issue with the game that makes the sound crackle and pop constantly,
> >> > which is
> >> > very annoying, especially durring the cinematics in the start of the
> >> > game. I
> >> > was able to fix this quite easily on my XP maching by going into
> >> > dxdiag, then
> >> > to the sound tab, then turning the sound hardware acceleration off.
> >> > Problem
> >> > solved, for me. However, as my friend is running Windows Vista, he has
> >> > DX10,
> >> > and there's no option to turn the sound acceleration off. So my
> >> > question is,
> >> > how do we make this work in vista, besides downgrading to DX9c (which
> >> > I'm not
> >> > sure is possible in Vista), or downgrade to XP. Is it even possible to
> >> > make
> >> > an adjustment like that anymore?
>