Hi Brian, that message means that MoI was unable to detect an accelerated 3d video card using the Direct3D interface.

The other programs that you mention there use the OpenGL graphics interface, which has a software-only mode to it, this means that they will work without any 3d accelerated hardware present, although they will probably be rather slow.

One thing you can try is to run the "dxdiag.exe" program that comes with Windows - on this there is a "display" tab, and on there is a button labeled "Test Direct3D". If you run that test and it reports that Direct3D is not functional, then that's the problem.

The very latest version of Parallels, version 3.0 which was just recently released, is supposed to add support for Direct3D. However, it does not seem to be functioning very well, the Parallels forum is full of reports of nothing really working with it: http://forum.parallels.com/search.php?searchid=566843 , including most 3D games.

Parallels works great for just about everything else - but the emulation of the 3D graphics hardware for Windows is just its major weak area at the moment, and it happens to be an area that MoI needs.

Bootcamp will definitely work though.

- Michael