What's breaking DX9 games?

[gaidal]

I'm trying to shrink a Win7 x64 image as much as possible, using first W7 ToolKit then vLite. However, something I do in vLite is causing dx9 games not to function.

I've tried skipping the w7 toolkit step and only use vLite, and still have the same problem. If I install the original .iso in a VM, I can start dx9 games (after installing dx9), but with my vLite versions, I can't.

I get "the application stopped working" errors.

The Win7 image I'm using now has integrated updates until recently.

Attaching my vLite preset.

What in there could cause these games to break?

The system I currently have installed on my system is also a w7toolkit + vLited version win7 x64, and everything works except dx9 games. Starcraft II or World of Warcraft work perfectly, however I can't start any game dx9 (tried 4 or 5). They just crash. Unmodified Windows versions don't seem to have this problem, neither x86 nor x64. Even Tiny7 can run dx9 games, unfortunately it is x86 and lacks some languages I need...

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Edited August 26, 2011 by gaidal