Oh yeah, my bad on linking the 2010 libraries,but damn, would have thought one of those solutions would work. I don't know much about the reasoning on why it's broken and what needs fixed, only thing I'm good for is basic troubleshooting, I suppose.

Link your DXDIAG on http://pomf.se/ so the smarter guys can get into the more advanced stuff.

Don't have a clue what is wrong and it might just be a problem with windows 8, like other people have been experiencing.