I have recently written a DirectX 8 program from a tutorial that shows a bitmap at full screen. However, when the program runs, there is a lot of screen flicker. I have the monitor color mode set at 32 bits, the same as the program. Does anone know of a way to fix the flicker?

Did you turn on Double buffering?

Yes. I load the bitmap and a surface for it into a back buffer and then use the GetBackBuffer() and Present() methods to load and view it.

Try running sample directx applications that come when you install directx 8 API.
If they run correctly without any flicker, then you can say that the problem is not with your graphics card.

Look at the directx program sample and compare it with your program. see that if you left anything.

This could help sometimes.
and tell whether the flicker still comes.
try posting your sample code.

Regards,
Paramesh.