So i just downloaded the demo and when i launch it says 'probable error in graphix driver' ??

I am running as admin btw

DirectX 9c installed? Graphics adapter drivers up to date? Do other games / D3D applications work?

How do i check these?

I havnt played any other games on it tbh (tried getting age of empires to work with no luck, lol)

Windows key + r
dxdiag, hit return

Quote from boothy :

Windows key + r
dxdiag, hit return

Ooo, I didn't know that was the run function. I could never find how to get run to pop up in the start menu in Windows 7.

Windows system key combinations

• F1: Help
  
• CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu
  
• ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs
  
• ALT+F4: Quit program
  
• SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently
  
• Windows Logo+L: Lock the computer (without using CTRL+ALT+DELETE)
  

Windows program key combinations

• CTRL+C: Copy
  
• CTRL+X: Cut
  
• CTRL+V: Paste
  
• CTRL+Z: Undo
  
• CTRL+B: Bold
  
• CTRL+U: Underline
  
• CTRL+I: Italic
  

Mouse click/keyboard modifier combinations for shell objects

• SHIFT+right click: Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative commands
  
• SHIFT+double click: Runs the alternate default command (the second item on the menu)
  
• ALT+double click: Displays properties
  
• SHIFT+DELETE: Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin
  

General keyboard-only commands

• F1: Starts Windows Help
  
• F10: Activates menu bar options
  
• SHIFT+F10 Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object
  
• CTRL+ESC: Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item)
  
• CTRL+ESC or ESC: Selects the Start button (press TAB to select the taskbar, or press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu)
  
• CTRL+SHIFT+ESC: Opens Windows Task Manager
  
• ALT+DOWN ARROW: Opens a drop-down list box
  
• ALT+TAB: Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window)
  
• SHIFT: Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature
  
• ALT+SPACE: Displays the main window's System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window)
  
• ALT+- (ALT+hyphen): Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's System menu (from the MDI child window's System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the child window)
  
  
• CTRL+TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program
  
• ALT+underlined letter in menu: Opens the menu
  
• ALT+F4: Closes the current window
  
• CTRL+F4: Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window
  
• ALT+F6: Switch between multiple windows in the same program (for example, when the Notepad Find dialog box is displayed, ALT+F6 switches between the Find dialog box and the main Notepad window)
  

Shell objects and general folder/Windows Explorer shortcuts

For a selected object:

• F2: Rename object
  
• F3: Find all files
  
• CTRL+X: Cut
  
• CTRL+C: Copy
  
• CTRL+V: Paste
  
• SHIFT+DELETE: Delete selection immediately, without moving the item to the Recycle Bin
  
• ALT+ENTER: Open the properties for the selected object
  

To copy a file

Press and hold down the CTRL key while you drag the file to another folder. To create a shortcut
Press and hold down CTRL+SHIFT while you drag a file to the desktop or a folder. General folder/shortcut control

• F4: Selects the Go To A Different Folder box and moves down the entries in the box (if the toolbar is active in Windows Explorer)
  
• F5: Refreshes the current window.
  
• F6: Moves among panes in Windows Explorer
  
• CTRL+G: Opens the Go To Folder tool (in Windows 95 Windows Explorer only)
  
• CTRL+Z: Undo the last command
  
• CTRL+A: Select all the items in the current window
  
• BACKSPACE: Switch to the parent folder
  
• SHIFT+click+Close button: For folders, close the current folder plus all parent folders
  

Windows Explorer tree control

• Numeric Keypad *: Expands everything under the current selection
  
• Numeric Keypad +: Expands the current selection
  
• Numeric Keypad -: Collapses the current selection.
  
• RIGHT ARROW: Expands the current selection if it is not expanded, otherwise goes to the first child
  
• LEFT ARROW: Collapses the current selection if it is expanded, otherwise goes to the parent
  

Properties control

• CTRL+TAB/CTRL+SHIFT+TAB: Move through the property tabs
  

Accessibility shortcuts

• Press SHIFT five times: Toggles StickyKeys on and off
  
• Press down and hold the right SHIFT key for eight seconds: Toggles FilterKeys on and off
  
• Press down and hold the NUM LOCK key for five seconds: Toggles ToggleKeys on and off
  
• Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK: Toggles MouseKeys on and off
  
• Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN: Toggles high contrast on and off
  

Microsoft Natural Keyboard keys

• Windows Logo: Start menu
  
• Windows Logo+R: Run dialog box
  
• Windows Logo+M: Minimize all
  
• SHIFT+Windows Logo+M: Undo minimize all
  
• Windows Logo+F1: Help
  
• Windows Logo+E: Windows Explorer
  
• Windows Logo+F: Find files or folders
  
• Windows Logo+D: Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop
  
• CTRL+Windows Logo+F: Find computer
  
• CTRL+Windows Logo+TAB: Moves focus from Start, to the Quick Launch toolbar, to the system tray (use RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW to move focus to items on the Quick Launch toolbar and the system tray)
  
• Windows Logo+TAB: Cycle through taskbar buttons
  
• Windows Logo+Break: System Properties dialog box
  
• Application key: Displays a shortcut menu for the selected item
  

Microsoft Natural Keyboard with IntelliType software installed

• Windows Logo+L: Log off Windows
  
• Windows Logo+P: Starts Print Manager
  
• Windows Logo+C: Opens Control Panel
  
• Windows Logo+V: Starts Clipboard
  
• Windows Logo+K: Opens Keyboard Properties dialog box
  
• Windows Logo+I: Opens Mouse Properties dialog box
  
• Windows Logo+A: Starts Accessibility Options (if installed)
  
• Windows Logo+SPACEBAR: Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys
  
• Windows Logo+S: Toggles CAPS LOCK on and off
  

Dialog box keyboard commands

• TAB: Move to the next control in the dialog box
  
• SHIFT+TAB: Move to the previous control in the dialog box
  
• SPACEBAR: If the current control is a button, this clicks the button. If the current control is a check box, this toggles the check box. If the current control is an option, this selects the option.
  
• ENTER: Equivalent to clicking the selected button (the button with the outline)
  
• ESC: Equivalent to clicking the Cancel button
  
• ALT+underlined letter in dialog box item: Move to the corresponding item
  

Quote from boothy :

Windows key + r
dxdiag, hit return

What am i looking for here?

directX version says i have directX 11

Apparently i have a SiS mirage 3 graphics card

Quote from ezza9000 :

Apparently i have a SiS mirage 3 graphics card

Sorry to tell you but with this graphic card not only LFS but i doubt any other games will play at least not on decent fps

Quote from ezza9000 :

What am i looking for here?

directX version says i have directX 11

Apparently i have a SiS mirage 3 graphics card

Is this a laptop? Or an old desktop PC ?

Laptops are usually fairly bad for gaming.

Quote from ezza9000 :

What am i looking for here?

directX version says i have directX 11

Apparently i have a SiS mirage 3 graphics card

Click "next page"(near the bottom) and run the "test direct draw" tests
You should read "no problems found" in the dialog box.

an update of your SiS drivers and/or using dx9c (OS dependant) could help, but I'm not sure.

Good luck.

SD.

laptop, i was hoping to be able to play it with everything turned down

I cant see any tests to run?

Also apparently my graphics card drivers are up to date

thanks in advance

Keep pressing next page until you see this ....


SD.

That doesnt appear for me (i am actually running vista but after my gf used my laptop it just shows up like windows 98 or some shyt)

try this driver

SD.

intalled the driver, rebooted, still the same error message, hmm

Does dxdiag still show a WHQL error too?

SD.

WHQL error?

Windows Hardware Quality Labs.

What about giving a try in Windows Update ?
Does it find/fix something you might need...!??!

how do i do this^?

I highly recommend to JFGI it...

I already have and all the answers seem to be specific to machines or cards

thanks

edit: I thought you meant google the initial problem, installing updtaes now

Installed all outstanding updates with no luck

You should look for the UniVGA5 graphics driver, is it available on SiS website in Download Center. It cannot be linked directly, but finding it there is no big deal.