If you used the exact code from above and had a problem. Then check the file format of the sprite. Possibly try changing it to a windows bitmap .bmp in 24-bit mode.. It is not possible that this code runs on my system and not yours, if there was an error in the code. The code is fine, so your error could be machine or file format. Also make sure you have the latest version of the engine but this is most likely not the problem.