Downloaded the EA Nascar demo, and installation said that I needed to
upgrade to DirectX9.0C. I downloaded it from the site specified in that
message (microsoft's website), but when I try installing Direct X 9.0c,
I get a pop-up message saying that it's incompatible with XP and the
install won't complete. I re-downloaded the file and the same thing
happens.
I recently ran through all of the XP tweaks at this site --
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/OptimizeXP.html -- which was
recommended in a RAS post dated 1/12/05 titled (little bit OT:
Optimizing XP". <The tweaks are very worthwhile BTW>.
This resulted in my disabling several XP services that were on by
default, so I figure that having one of those set to off may be the
culprit for this failure to now install DirectX.
Does anyone have any idea whether this is the case? If so, what do I
need to turn back on? Or is there something else that I can try?
Thanks!
I believe you have to use Windows Update to get the latest DirectX for XP.
I'm _sure_ there is a developer redistributable somewhere though.
The readme says it will be on the final Cd.
-Larry
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> Downloaded the EA Nascar demo, and installation said that I needed to > upgrade to DirectX9.0C. I downloaded it from the site specified in that > message (microsoft's website), but when I try installing Direct X 9.0c, I > get a pop-up message saying that it's incompatible with XP and the install > won't complete. I re-downloaded the file and the same thing happens. > > I recently ran through all of the XP tweaks at this site -- > http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/OptimizeXP.html -- which was > recommended in a RAS post dated 1/12/05 titled (little bit OT: Optimizing > XP". <The tweaks are very worthwhile BTW>. > > This resulted in my disabling several XP services that were on by default, > so I figure that having one of those set to off may be the culprit for > this failure to now install DirectX. > > Does anyone have any idea whether this is the case? If so, what do I need > to turn back on? Or is there something else that I can try? > > Thanks!Thanks Larry, but that wasn't it. I had "Cryptographics Services"
disabled. Therefore, XP couldn't check the "signature" of the file.
After activating that service, I was able to install DirectX with no
problem. Just goes to show you that tweaking XP can sometimes lead to
unexpected results.
Now, I'm ready to install the EA demo.
Thanks again.
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> I believe you have to use Windows Update to get the latest DirectX for XP. > > I'm _sure_ there is a developer redistributable somewhere though. > > The readme says it will be on the final Cd. > > -Larry > > <BRH> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... > >>Downloaded the EA Nascar demo, and installation said that I needed to >>upgrade to DirectX9.0C. I downloaded it from the site specified in that >>message (microsoft's website), but when I try installing Direct X 9.0c, I >>get a pop-up message saying that it's incompatible with XP and the install >>won't complete. I re-downloaded the file and the same thing happens. >> >>I recently ran through all of the XP tweaks at this site -- >>http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/OptimizeXP.html -- which was >>recommended in a RAS post dated 1/12/05 titled (little bit OT: Optimizing >>XP". <The tweaks are very worthwhile BTW>. >> >>This resulted in my disabling several XP services that were on by default, >>so I figure that having one of those set to off may be the culprit for >>this failure to now install DirectX. >> >>Does anyone have any idea whether this is the case? If so, what do I need >>to turn back on? Or is there something else that I can try? >> >>Thanks! > > >I assure you I would have NEVER thought of that :)
-Larry
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> Thanks Larry, but that wasn't it. I had "Cryptographics Services" > disabled. Therefore, XP couldn't check the "signature" of the file. After > activating that service, I was able to install DirectX with no problem. > Just goes to show you that tweaking XP can sometimes lead to unexpected > results. > > Now, I'm ready to install the EA demo. > > Thanks again. > > > > Larry wrote: >> I believe you have to use Windows Update to get the latest DirectX for >> XP. >> >> I'm _sure_ there is a developer redistributable somewhere though. >> >> The readme says it will be on the final Cd. >> >> -Larry >> >> <BRH> wrote in message news:[email hidden]... >> >>>Downloaded the EA Nascar demo, and installation said that I needed to >>>upgrade to DirectX9.0C. I downloaded it from the site specified in that >>>message (microsoft's website), but when I try installing Direct X 9.0c, I >>>get a pop-up message saying that it's incompatible with XP and the >>>install won't complete. I re-downloaded the file and the same thing >>>happens. >>> >>>I recently ran through all of the XP tweaks at this site -- >>>http://mywebpages.comcast.net/SupportCD/OptimizeXP.html -- which was >>>recommended in a RAS post dated 1/12/05 titled (little bit OT: Optimizing >>>XP". <The tweaks are very worthwhile BTW>. >>> >>>This resulted in my disabling several XP services that were on by >>>default, so I figure that having one of those set to off may be the >>>culprit for this failure to now install DirectX. >>> >>>Does anyone have any idea whether this is the case? If so, what do I >>>need to turn back on? Or is there something else that I can try? >>> >>>Thanks! >> >>Oh, I'm sure that you would have if you just finished tweaking XP
yesterday like I did (and took copious notes). 8)
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