DirectDraw is required --- Winbench 99

[xboomerx]

DirectDraw is required by Winbench 99 Vers. 2.0

I am running Windows XP.

How do I get DirectDraw?

Thank You

Bob Whitman

xboomerx@yahoo.com

 

PS:I am running NORITECH server with the following

INTEL L440GX+ SERVER MOTHERBOARD

DUAL Pentium III 850MHZ SLOT1 cpu

Integrated Adaptec 7896 ScSI Controller

4 SLOTS FOR MEMORY - 1024MB ECC SDRAM PC100

2 SCSI ADAPTER

5 PCI SLOTS

1 ISA SLOTS

Three(3) 18GB SCSI IBM ULTRASTAR HARD DRIVE(s)

[mezarashi]

It's peculiar that you do not have DirectDraw since you are using Windows XP. DirectDraw is one of the many components that come with Microsoft's DirectX.

 

Start-> Run-> dxdiag

 

Your DirectX information will be shown. You noticeably have a very old computer. What I would suppose is that your video card (VGA) does not support DirectX at all? I've never seen such a case, but it's a guess as WinBench 99 seems pretty outdated, it shouldnt rely on any of the newer versions. Usually video cards have problems running newer versions like DirectX 9.0b.