Games only run in a window.

[lardbeetle]

Exactly what it says! It's so weird, every time I try to run any game, it fails to start up except in a window!

Supreme Commander tells me to ensure my system meets hardware requirements, Half Life 2 tells me that there is a d3d device error.

dxdiag comes up with no problems, and the games work perfectly when run in windowed mode.

 

[lardbeetle]

Peggle seems to work fine. I'm going to try Doom 3 to see if it's a Direct 3d problem.

 

[robisbell]

manufacturer and model of system:
manufacturer and model of motherboard:
make , model , and amount of ram:
manufacturer and model of video card:
manufacturer and model of HDD:

need this info, if you want any help

 

[RadiclDreamer]

dx by default forces your monitor to run @ 60hz, is your monitor able to support this @ the res you are running?

 

[dclive]

Did you reinstall the latest Nov 2007 DirectX? Try that, reboot, and let us know what happens.