Video card / Direct 3D error ?!?

We are currently trying to run an experiment consisting only of two very small (10kB) images being displayed on a new laptop. That experiment has run on several (even old) computers very well but does not work on that one. 


Even though DirectX9 is installed and tested we always get the error message:



A call to Direct3D8::CreateDevice failed


Any suggestions?


Please help.

Thanks!



I didn't find the right solution from the Internet.



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