Your problem is solved as you say but I will give out a piece of info that could help some users in the future. Microsoft releases monthly or bi-monthly revisions of Direct-X 9.0c, which are know as Direct-X 9.0c (August, October etc.). So some games despite having Direct-X 9.0c installed don’t work because what they need is the particular monthly release. There is a lot of confusion around this issue unfortunately. All in all Fable is a tremendously cool game and the forthcoming Fable 2 will be even more “open-minded”, allowing you to raise your own children… Now beat that
