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    Re: Couple of questions, 1 tech and 1 Official 3rd Quest

    dinput.dll is used for DirectX - it controls joysticks and gamepads.

    Maybe something's affected DirectX somehow?

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    Re: Couple of questions, 1 tech and 1 Official 3rd Quest

    OR your firewall is set to stop programs from accessing other programs on your pc... this behavior would normally crash "worms armageddon" and similar games as well when you try to start a game.
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    Re: Couple of questions, 1 tech and 1 Official 3rd Quest

    Quote Originally Posted by franpa View Post
    OR your firewall is set to stop programs from accessing other programs on your pc... this behavior would normally crash "worms armageddon" and similar games as well when you try to start a game.
    i let very few applications phone home. and those are set to always ask via
    the firewall. i like the idea of knowing what's going in and out of my system,
    or to know as much as i can. maybe i'm paranoid, or a control freak.

    if Luigi is right about the DirectX connection and dinput.dll controlling joysticks
    and gamepads, then i don't think i need to worry a whole lot.

    Thanks to all for the input...
    Now i'm back to let Level 8 kick my butt...

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    Re: Couple of questions, 1 tech and 1 Official 3rd Quest

    yes, but some programs will crash if there focus is lost at certain points... most firewalls will minimize or lose focus of the program trying to do stuff... and this generally causes problems in full screen games.
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    Re: Couple of questions, 1 tech and 1 Official 3rd Quest

    Quote Originally Posted by franpa View Post
    yes, but some programs will crash if there focus is lost at certain points... most firewalls will minimize or lose focus of the program trying to do stuff... and this generally causes problems in full screen games.
    my system is too old to do any of that fancy 3d rendering stuff, and i really
    don't have the time to enjoy many games. hell, i'm a civ3 fanatic and have
    civ4, but can't do anything with it cuz of my system's obsolescence.

    As soon as i kick Level 8's butt (still trying to find the map), i may upgrade
    my graphics card and get civ4 up and going. but until then, i've had no
    problems with the firewall interfering with the apps/games that i do.

    thanks for pointing this out to me, tho, for when i do upgrade this dinosaur.

    cheers....

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