Unless your video card is DirectX 9 compliant don't try Starshatter The Gathering Storm as it very graphics sensitive.

Yes, it was finally narrowed down to the bios or the drivers. My 16-year old nephew finally had the patience to download new drivers from the ATI website to which finally made everything work!!! I am now busy trying to learn the game!!

Hi there,

In the end I discovered that my video card was not DirectX9 compatible. In the end my solution was to upgrade my card.

Now if I could only get my system to recognize my new card!! But that is a different problem.

Lawrence

<t> Well here it is in all of its detail! Many thanks for the assistance<br/>
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System Information<br/>
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Time of this report: 11/5/2006, 19:46:20<br/>
Machine name: HAL9000<br/>
Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service ...

<t> The subject states pretty much indicates my status....<br/>
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When I start up the program a new window is created and I get the standard Microsoft error report indicating;<br/>
"information regarding the condition of Starshatter-TheGatheringStorm.exe when the problem occurred;..."<br ...