I think the Directx problem is not related to OS or itself; it is related to
games. I've read and faced so many probles with first two games of the
series. The main problem is that: anyhow, playing speed of Commandos: Behind
Enemy Lines directly related to CPU speed. Speed of gameplay increases as
per CPU power; if you have a dual-core 3.0 Ghz processor, everthing is in
the game moves at incredible speeds which makes game unplayable.

There are various ways to slow your expensive CPU down; there are lots of
utilities for that. But the are not aiming one specific program; it affects
all system. I am aware of the golden rule: "do not touch a running system".
I will not install some 250 kb exes to slow down my CPU speed; since I do
not know the consquences.

I read that some guy made a special program to slow down the game; another
one says that program it ruined the graphics card someway, hence skipping.

The games require only 200 hz processor power, just like Windows 9x. I know
there are drivers for XP for my graphics card. Bu as I said above I do not
know the consequences I have no idea what would be happen if I try to use XP
with a 200 hz CPU even in a virtual drive.

Maybe I should go to my summer house, find that old PC, bring it home and
play the game, it would be much more easy way to follow...


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Then I have face a greater problem; I could not installed DirectX ! I
have
tried each and every version of DirectX; from 6.0 to 9.0c. I seems every
installation was ok; but whenever I tried to run games two different
error
messages salutes me; "I can not find Directx 5" (a unique error log for
Commandos: BEL) and more common "Directx Initialization Error" for
Commandos: COD)

DirectX v.9 runs OK under Win98 (with Radeon 9200SE adapter)
(not in a Virtual Machine: for this shell you may get better help
in a WinXP NG.)

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Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)