to look and see if the installing version is newer/older than the
current version, it looks as if it ins installing and when you are
done you will still have 7.0a. Do a search on DirectX uninstall and
there should be some sites that will tell you how to remove directx so
that you can start over.
SLG
(All spelling errors are intentional and are there to show new
and improved ways of spelling old words. Grammatical errors are
due to too many English classes/teachers)