I believe you must patch from EQLive to get your initial install of Everquest up to spec. Then you must run the EQPatcher to get the EQEmu patch overwrite to the files from EQLive. This will put your client up to the level needed to run EQEmu.
If you're running a LAN server, you'll want to edit the host.txt file in your client Everquest directory to look for your database server on your LAN. Just make a backup of the host.txt file and enter your IP address for the world server... the one you run minilogin and world.exe from.
But I don't think this really has much to do with your DX problem. The Nvidia upgrade will help you, likely. Also, since you have a new OS install and that default DX7 installation on top of it, you should be able to upgrade to DX8.1 or something over the Dx7.
I ran into a snag where "no 3D device found" error kept popping up in a Win2000 install. I just set that box up to dual-boot Win98 and Win2000. I use Win98 to play all my games and Win2000 for all my serious, productivity stuff.
Good luck.
Arley
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