Ebolivar,
The Problem is that the Video card that you have in that laptop doesn't have the latest drivers. I know that you have either Windows XP or 2000. If you have Windows 2000 then you may need to upgrade to DirectX 8.1 on your computer (Included in Windows XP). Windows 2000 only ships with DirectX 7.0 installed in the Operating system.
You can upgrade this by clicking on your Start Menu, Clicking Windows Update. Find the update that shows Microsoft DirectX 8.1. Download this and it will then install for you. (You must be online for it to work)
If this is the case that you do have DirectX 8.1 installed already, then your drivers for your video card must be updated. The latest drivers for that system are located at:
Windows XP
http://www.compaq.com/support/files/...sCat/63_2.html
Windows 2000
http://www.compaq.com/support/files/...sCat/20_2.html
This should help to fix your problems. This will also have to be done for Microstudio 2.316, because the Video card and Operating system both will have to support DirectX 8.1.