Here is the latest,
I have been running the game with software support (after disabling the display adapter).
Today, on a whim I decided to re-enable the video driver. (Prior to this when I tried to make any changes with it active, I would get a black screen.) When I enabled the driver, the DirectX functions were back again.
This is the second time I have resurrected this card after losing Direct 3D.
I am now running with the drivers for NVIDA that came with my system (signed). I have my doubts that I have seen the end of my problems, because this is the same configuration I had prior to the last crash.
