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DirectX 9 Installation problem
Name: Adam Date: October 11, 2003 at 05:57:46 Pacific OS: XP professional CPU/Ram: Pentium 4, 2.4 Ghz
Comment:
when i try and install directx 9/9.0a/9.0b i get an error message saying "This version of DirectX is not compatible with the version of windows currently installed". now i thought Directx 9 was compatible with XP Pro, how can i get Directx 9 to work?
Name: blackfalcon Date: October 11, 2003 at 06:21:47 Pacific
Reply:
Hit run type services.msc, go to cryptographic service make sure it says automatic and is started.
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Response Number 2
Name: Adam Date: October 11, 2003 at 06:46:01 Pacific
Reply:
Thanks for the reply, i did what you asked but i still have the same problem, would it be my graphics card that causes it? (Geforce 4 MX 440)
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Response Number 3
Name: Nelson_Ecks Date: October 11, 2003 at 08:46:36 Pacific
Reply:
I might be wrong on this. Some time ago, I read something on DirectX9 (I think I read it) and it says some graphics cards are not compatible with directX9 and that include my card (Radeon 7500, bit old) so I'm still using DirectX8 or whatever it is. I'm not gameholic so I'm not really bothered.
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Response Number 4
Name: blackfalcon Date: October 11, 2003 at 21:35:03 Pacific
Reply:
Dx9 will still intall, but the older cards can't take advantage of what it can do for you.
Have you tried uninstalling your video drivers, uninstalling your video card from device manager then restarting, if xp asks for drivers for video card click cancel, let it use its default drivers then try to download and install dx9. Then if it works reload your video drivers.
Whenever you do an OS install it normally works best to load DX9 before your video drivers.
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