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Problem with directinput in dxdiag and launching games

I have recently started having problems launching certain games.  The two games, at the moment, are 'Black hawk down' and 'Dead space'.  When I run Dxdiag I get an error accessing direct input.  If I click 'no' to the popup that dxdiag had errors accessing direct input, my dxdiag crashes with report error to microsoft.  I believe the two are connected.  I have reinstalled/updated all sound, graphics and system drivers to no avail.  When I try to do the webinstall of directx I get the message it does not need updating.  All devices working fine.

Any help would be appreciated and thanks in advance for any help offered.

Lee

Win XP Home - SP3 - fully updated, Phenom II x4 3.1GHz, 4GB ram, radeon hd5670 1GB, Onboard sound.

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Managed to find out what was causing the problem.  I have an USB electric meter key reader.  Somehow it is blocking the directinput making certain games unplayable and causing the dxdiag problem.  If anyone else has a similar problem then I would suggest unplugging each of your USB devices, one at a time, and see if the problem goes away.
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Last updated May 13, 2023 Views 3,103 Applies to: