I have read of others' problems with dxdiag reporting messed up or missing registry keys used by directx. I had a similar problem on Windows ME machine, You may want to try the fix I created. It is an inf file that will add registry keys. After you save the file on your computer, view it in a text editor for instructions. Don't install it (by right clicking on file icon) until you read the instructions first. http://home.earthlink.net/~wheed/data/DX_fix_registry.inf Good luck

thanx for the help..this installed helped get a game that I loved back up and running...but now i am having a new problem... there are still some registry errors for missing keys Registry Errors Found: Key 'HKCR\CLSID\{934A9523-A3CA-4BC5-ADA0-D6D95D979421}\InprocServer32', Value '', Value ''Key 'HKCR\CLSID\{934A9523-A3CA-4BC5-ADA0-D6D95D979421}\InprocServer32', Value '', Value ''Key 'HKCR\CLSID\{667955AD-6B3B-43CA-B949-BC69B5BAFF7F}\InprocServer32', Value '', Value ''Key 'HKCR\CLSID\{667955AD-6B3B-43CA-B949-BC69B5BAFF7F}\InprocServer32', Value '', Value ''Key 'HKCR\CLSID\{3B2B6775-70B6-45AF-8DEA-A209C69559F3}\InprocServer32', Value '', Value ''Key 'HKCR\CLSID\{3B2B6775-70B6-45AF-8DEA-A209C69559F3}\InprocServer32', Value '', Value '' none of those i could find in the file you specified to look if they werent in the download you made available... any further help would greatly be appreciated.. the actual problem I am running into with the game now is that it will...maybe you could say freeze for a sec anytime someone shoots near me or something...I dunno if thats related or not..

Vishun, Did you try reinstalling DX8 or DX9? Anyway, I extracted the relevant keys from my working Windows ME registry. Cut and paste the text following the dashes into a blank text document and save as a *.reg file. Right click on the file icon and "merge" it into your registry. Good luck. --------------- REGEDIT4 [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{934A9523-A3CA-4BC5-ADA0-D6D95D979421}] @="DirectPlay8Address Object" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{934A9523-A3CA-4BC5-ADA0-D6D95D979421}\InProcServer32] @="dpnet.dll" "ThreadingModel"="Both" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{934A9523-A3CA-4BC5-ADA0-D6D95D979421}\VersionIndependentProgID] @="DirectPlay8Address.Address" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{934A9523-A3CA-4BC5-ADA0-D6D95D979421}\ProgID] @="DirectPlay8Address.Address.1" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{667955AD-6B3B-43CA-B949-BC69B5BAFF7F}] @="DirectPlay8LobbiedApplication Object" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{667955AD-6B3B-43CA-B949-BC69B5BAFF7F}\InProcServer32] @="dpnet.dll" "ThreadingModel"="Both" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{667955AD-6B3B-43CA-B949-BC69B5BAFF7F}\VersionIndependentProgID] @="DirectPlay8Lobby.LobbiedApplication" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{667955AD-6B3B-43CA-B949-BC69B5BAFF7F}\ProgID] @="DirectPlay8Lobby.LobbiedApplication.1" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{3B2B6775-70B6-45AF-8DEA-A209C69559F3}] @="DirectPlay8LobbyClient Object" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{3B2B6775-70B6-45AF-8DEA-A209C69559F3}\InProcServer32] @="dpnet.dll" "ThreadingModel"="Both" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{3B2B6775-70B6-45AF-8DEA-A209C69559F3}\VersionIndependentProgID] @="DirectPlay8Lobby.LobbyClient" [HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{3B2B6775-70B6-45AF-8DEA-A209C69559F3}\ProgID] @="DirectPlay8Lobby.LobbyClient.1"

I tried your fix and it greatly reduced the number of missing registry entries, but I still have some left. I am running Windows XP and the file you mentioned "c:\windows\inf\msdxwin.inf" is not on my system. Do you know what the following entries should be set to? Thanks for your help. Key 'HKCR\DirectPlay8Address.Address.1\CLSID' is missing. Key 'HKCR\DirectPlay8Address.Address.1' is missing. Key 'HKCR\DirectPlay8Address.Address\CurVer' is missing. Key 'HKCR\DirectPlay8Address.Address\CLSID' is missing. Key 'HKCR\DirectPlay8Address.Address' is missing. Key 'HKCR\DirectPlay8Lobby.LobbiedApplication.1\CLSID' is missing. Key 'HKCR\DirectPlay8Lobby.LobbiedApplication.1' is missing. Key 'HKCR\DirectPlay8Lobby.LobbiedApplication\CurVer' is missing. Key 'HKCR\DirectPlay8Lobby.LobbiedApplication\CLSID' is missing. Key 'HKCR\DirectPlay8Lobby.LobbiedApplication' is missing. Key 'HKCR\DirectPlay8Lobby.LobbyClient.1\CLSID' is missing. Key 'HKCR\DirectPlay8Lobby.LobbyClient.1' is missing. Key 'HKCR\DirectPlay8Lobby.LobbyClient\CurVer' is missing. Key 'HKCR\DirectPlay8Lobby.LobbyClient\CLSID' is missing. Key 'HKCR\DirectPlay8Lobby.LobbyClient' is missing.