Hi Rudeboi15,

Here's the Microsoft article with solution for these issues:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=829478

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"Rudeboi15" <chris_frankland@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
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| Hi eeryone, im new to the site but i have a problem running halo, when i
| click to start it it comes up with a small box saying a problem occured
| intializing direct3d. Hardware acceleration maybe disabled, please run
| DXDIAG.
|
| I have run dxdiag it says that acceleration is on, i have downloaded
| directx 9.0 from microsoft and i have tried changing my resolution to
| 800x600 and 1024x748 but it doesnt work still, i am running on a ati
| radeon 9550 256m, 2048mb ram and 3400mhz anyone have the same problem or
| even an answer!?
|
| thanks for your time
|