Goddez1, Thanks for the pointers. This is indeed what I am experiencing. Unfortunately neither solution works for me. Although it's a kind of...
OK, I tried SFC - it did write several files Remove nVidia drivers, reboot, reinstall latest version - mitigated succes... dxdiag test fails...
For some reason, DirectX doesn't work properly anymore on my XP Home. I have an nVidia 5900 FX, AMD 2400+, 768 Mb RAM. System works great...
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