http://www.silkroadforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=43180
in that topic i suggested and explained dual boot.
last reply:
Humbie wrote:
I've been running Windows Vista and been having some issues with SRO in the beginning until I had the luminous idea of just going to Microsoft's DirectX downloadsite and installing DirectX from the download provided.
Windows Vista works standard with DirectX 10, but when you run this installer it installs a complementary DirectX 9 which solves every issue with SRO.
It did for me anyway...
Hope this helps!
vista directx topic:
http://www.silkroadforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=18109
and here is a general sro+vista topic.
http://www.silkroadforums.com/viewtopic ... ight=vista
see if there is something useful for you.