So, it shows nothing at all? Just sits there for 3 friggin' hours? Yeah, that's weird. Your DirectX is working properly? It doesn't not show ANYTHING. It shows the screen, where everything SHOULD be, but it's all black. And then it just kind of sits there...and freezes my comp... Is 1.36 the latest version? That's what I got at Zophar... Try pressing ALT+ENTER for chrissakes. If that doesn't help, you're really stuck. Oh wow...look at that... Yeah I knew that all along...