Direct Draw problems on T61 w/ Vista x64

Has anyone had problems with applications that use directdraw on a T61 with 64bit windows? There were a couple applications i tried running (diablo II amongst others) that fail to launch, saying the video mode is unavailable. I ended up just using a virtual machine with x86 XP to solve the problem, but i'd rather not have to.
T61 15.4" T9300 (2.5GHz 6MB L2) Windows 7 Professional x64 4GB Memory, NVidia Quadro NVS 140M

Hello,
I have been battling this similar issue for a few months on two T500's that we have with the switchable graphics. While I dont have a WD MyBook, I do have a USB hub attached to the dock with a Maxtor ext. HDD hooked to that (althought I use it for my Rescue & Recovery auto backups) I will try disconnecting that.
I do get the BSOD on atikmpag.sys. 3 calls to lenovo support and they still tell me no fix. These machines were announced in August 2008 and its almost 2009 with no fix.
I am beginning to wonder if its my KVM switch causing the crash for the video driver, but it even fails when I am not switching between PC's.
Let me know if you have any other thoughts please!!!
Thanks in advance,
Brian G.
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