I copied dxdx9_36.dll to the Vanguard folder and manage to get past the splash screen before character selection then I received the following errors [01/04/09 15:24:57] FATAL: Critical: ResetDevice [01/04/09 15:24:57] FATAL: Critical: UD3DRenderDevice::SetRes [01/04/09 15:24:57] FATAL: Critical: WM_SIZE [01/04/09 15:24:57] FATAL: Critical: UWindowsViewport::ViewportWndProc [01/04/09 15:24:57] FATAL: Critical: WWindow::StaticProc [01/04/09 15:24:57] FATAL: Critical: UWindowsViewport::ViewportWndProc [01/04/09 15:24:57] FATAL: Critical: WWindow::StaticProc [01/04/09 15:24:57] FATAL: Critical: ResetDevice [01/04/09 15:24:57] FATAL: Critical: UD3DRenderDevice::SetRes [01/04/09 15:24:57] FATAL: Critical: WM_SIZE [01/04/09 15:24:57] FATAL: Critical: UWindowsViewport::ViewportWndProc [01/04/09 15:24:57] FATAL: Critical: WWindow::StaticProc [01/04/09 15:24:57] FATAL: Critical: UWindowsViewport::ViewportWndProc [01/04/09 15:24:57] FATAL: Critical: WWindow::StaticProc [01/04/09 15:24:57] FATAL: Critical: MessagePump [01/04/09 15:24:57] FATAL: Exit: Executing UObject::StaticShutdownAfterError [01/04/09 15:24:57] FATAL: Exit: Executing UWindowsClient::ShutdownAfterError [01/04/09 15:24:57] FATAL: Exit: OpenAL Audio subsystem shut down. fixme:advapi:DeregisterEventSource (0xcafe4242) stub