While surfing at work I keep coming back from time to time to check your site for updated information on W7 and Lotro. Well I found something in one of your sentences that I had not done. Per your guide I missed this sentence.

" Windows Vista and Windows 7 both come with DirectX 8, 9 and 10. However, they do not ship with the periodic updates to DirectX 9"

I did not run the updates so when I get home I will run those updates and see if it make a difference. I am also going to post the link Lax provided here so that I can find it faster and also for anyone else who hasn't done this step.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en

I will post my results after I apply this. Hope it works