ok i tried running it as chrom and it as the only thing going but that didnt work.

I am using a pretty beast computer, I dont know exactly what you are looking for but i will list some specs.

quad core
win7 64 bit
8 gigs of Ram
one terabyte of hardrive
AMD Phenom 11 x4 840 processor at 3.20 GHz
and some fancy HD graphics card its a major brand also running dule screen, primarry is a HD TV with an HDMI input the other is an HP w2007 monitor with the standard blue connection

I would tell more but i dont know whatis in this thing lol, i forgot. this computer was built by my dad and I so its has lots of random parts but they where all bought new and are not quite top of the line but getting pretty close haha

Close some programs, change your color settings to 32-bit (or if it was 32-bit, change to 16-bit.)
Can you also post your system specs?

I have this message every time i try and join a server, I have re installed and repaired many times so that's not the fix.

initdirectdraw failed: 0x80004001