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Hi, I have a very strange problem... Applications which use DirectX act quite weirdly on my PC. I was just given 'Advanced Animation with DirectX' by Jim Adams, but have found that running any of the included sample programs in fullscreen mode resets my computer (as if I had power cycled it) and running them in windowed mode simply brings up an error message (the standard "this program must close" one). I have noticed the same behaviour from some commercial games I have, and from some examples I have downloaded from members of this forum... Finally, running examples from "ShaderX" gives another strange message - "Your computer only has a reduced-functionality reference device installed. Install the DirectX SDK to get the full reference device". But... I *have* installed the SDK! This problem has only happened just after I reinstalled Windows XP and I'm inclined to reinstall again to (hopefully) clear it. I have tried reinstalling the SDK, drivers for my GeForce 3, and the DirectX runtime, I was wondering if anyone had any other ideas of how to get this resolved? Thanks. Oh, and merry christmas people! La la laaa, la la laaa, la la la la laaa! *cough* [EDIT] Does running DirectX applications require the SDK only, the runtime only, or both? Cheers if anyone can reply.