said: Hi Whenever a program is trying to use DirectX (7), the computer shuts completely off And restarts again automatically. This also happens when I look up DirectX in the program files and click the program. I have uninstalled and reinstalled several times but it does not help. I have also tried to install DirectX (5) but the same thing happens. I use W98 and have a Cyrix 300 CPU. Any suggestions Pila