My direct3d acceleration is disable ? i used windows xp sp2

Direct3D is a component of Microsoft's DirectX graphics software and is one of the more commonly used graphics accelerators in PC gaming. Of course, before you can enjoy the benefits of Direct3D acceleration, you need to have that particular component enabled in DirectX. Fortunately for your gaming needs, enabling Direct3D acceleration is not an overly complicated process, and can be achieved in a matter of moments. Open the "Start" menu and type "dxdiag" into the Windows Live search box, then press "Enter." This will bring up the "DirectX Diagnostics" dialog box. Click the "Display" tab. Locate the "Direct3D Acceleration" entry. Click the "Enable" option next to the Direct3D entry. This will turn on Direct3D acceleration. You may need to restart your computer to make the changes effective. Hope this helps. http://www.microsoft.com/games/en-us/aboutgfw/pages/directx.aspx http://ati-catalyst-drivers.en.softonic.com/ Optimise your ATi graphics card's performance b> http://download.cnet.com/3dmark2001/3000-2121_4-10056689.html

You want a direct3D driver for - what video card specifically?
chances for Windows XP support is small.

depending on the windows you are using, the accelerators should install automatically, or else the system does not support or you can download the accelerators form microsoft and install them.

more info please
But basically your machine is not detected a 3D video card.
It could be that a proper video driver has not been installed (Windows is using a default) so this maybe cured by simply downloading the driver for your machines GPU.

This machine might be using integrated "onboard" graphics, in which case don't expect very good performance especially with any recent game.

Sounds like you are running out of ram for the program. Try upgrading to some more ram in your system. Windows xp recommends minimum 512k of memory to run.

It has to do with your display.
Try this...
1. Click Start, and then click Control Panel.
2. Click Appearance and Themes.
3. Click Display.
4. On the Settings tab, click Advanced.
5. On the Troubleshoot tab, move the Hardware acceleration slider control to the third position (from the left), and then click OK.

Note The following message is the description for this position:
Disable all Direct Draw and Direct3D accelerations, as well as all cursor and advanced drawing accelerations. Use this setting to correct severe problems with Direct X accelerated applications.

6. Click OK to close the Display Properties dialog box.

This problem happened to me when I was installing halo pc. Its not fixable so what I recomend is that you take all of your files, pics, ect. and put them on a hard drive or flash drive and start over on your computer. I had to do that because the direct x 9 got corupted and I was not able to fix it. Now that I completely formated my computer, I am able to play halo and halo 2.

better uninstall the program and reinstall it..





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i can work any 3d game by my graphic card..........pls.
thanks

The same problem happened to me and following procedure solved it;

Goto Diplay Properties->Settings->Advanced->troubleShoot. On that window I saw that the hardware acceleration was set to None. I made it Full. And now dxdiag should show all options enabled..