Microprose is EVIL (How to I delete Directx7?)

What a bunch or sick bastards. Who the hell said you could install the Directx7 virus on my computer? NONE of my games work anymore, my frame-rate has been slaughtered all over the god damn place. I'm not only swearing off buying Microprose games, I'll never install another Microprose demo, unless there is a letter of apology with assurances this will NEVER happen again, from someone VERY high up in Microprose. What an absolute disgrace. Does anyone know how to clean this abomination off of my Wiundows98 system? I got a utility for resetting version numbers from one site, but it wants to find a "Directx.INF" file which I can't find anywhere on my system. Any help would be much appreciated. Is there any way to force a DX 61 reinstall? Please help. Joe

Are you sure DX7 is at fault. I for one have it installed and every game I have works fine, including GPL, SCGT, N3, etc. Wayne Hutchison

Same here as the poster below. DX7 is humming along just fine. No slowdowns, loss of frame-rate etc. This happens every time a new version of DX comes out unfortunately. For whatever reason, some systems just fall all to pieces. I think the solution is to install the dx7, then re-install your audio and video drivers. Then if all else fails, re-install the games themselves. I don't know what vid card you are using, but 3dfx has just released drivers specifically for dx6 OR dx7. Good luck dave henrie

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> What a bunch or sick bastards. Who the hell said you could install the > Directx7 virus on my computer? NONE of my games work anymore, my > frame-rate has been slaughtered all over the god damn place. I'm not > only swearing off buying Microprose games, I'll never install another > Microprose demo, unless there is a letter of apology with assurances > this will NEVER happen again, from someone VERY high up in Microprose. > What an absolute disgrace. > Does anyone know how to clean this abomination off of my Wiundows98 > system? I got a utility for resetting version numbers from one site, > but it wants to find a "Directx.INF" file which I can't find anywhere > on my system. Any help would be much appreciated. > Is there any way to force a DX 61 reinstall? Please help. > Joe

Same here, works fine for me too, even saw some framerate improvements Cibb On Sat, 30 Oct 1999 19:15:27 -0400, "Wayne Hutchison" >Are you sure DX7 is at fault. I for one have it installed and every game I >have works fine, including GPL, SCGT, N3, etc. >Wayne Hutchison

snip Joe, Not in my experience, I had a problem with EAW which I thought was caused by DX7( it wasn't). So I tried to uninstall it using a well tried procedure. Re installed DX 6.1 but got loads of errors so went back to 7. No further problems, DX 7 is the best version yet. Brgds -- Mark "The arrow on a moving target, the archer must be sure of his aim........" N. Peart

>Are you sure DX7 is at fault. I for one have it installed and every game I >have works fine, including GPL, SCGT, N3, etc. Yes, several games are all choppy for me under dx7 (Voodoo2 12MB graphics). Finally got 6.1 back, and everything's normal again. Joe McGinn ========================================== Staff Writer for the Sports *** Network [link lost in import: /***.com/] ==========================================

Hi, fellow SOS & DX7 victim! <snip> I think, you speak of the proggy, some nice guy mentioned in response to my DX7 rant 'SOS !!! I hate those Micro's...'. I still haven't tried it, but as far as I understood, they mean the DirectX.INF file, which comes with the DX 6.1 installation. My DX 6.1 installation is an .exe file, which is in fact a self-extracting archive. You can view/extract it with WinZip and find the file in it. The reason why I still haven't tried it is, that they say you must make a Win98 reinstall to get some original files back, which were overwritten by DX7. Since I don't trust Microsoft enough to expect that my system will still be working after this, I first have to do a lot of archiving to prepare for an 'emergency-reformatting'. But if you try the proggy, *please* let me know, how it worked, I'll do the same, if I try it first! Peter Vienna, Austria

>I think, you speak of the proggy, some nice guy mentioned in response to my >DX7 rant 'SOS !!! I hate those Micro's...'. I still haven't tried it, but as >far as I understood, they mean the DirectX.INF file, which comes with the DX >6.1 installation. >But if you try the proggy, *please* let me know, how it worked, I'll do the >same, if I try it first! I tried it, and it worked for me, thank goodness. The trick is that the INF file might not be named "Directx.INF". Mine was caled "dx6migr.INF". Joe McGinn ========================================== Staff Writer for the Sports *** Network [link lost in import: /***.com/] ==========================================

some nice guy mentioned in response to my Cool, thanks for the info! I'll try it tomorrow. Hope, I'll also get positive results! Peter Vienna, Austria

Worst case is you would have to boot up off the Winodws 98 boot disk and reinstall from DOS to put you back to the 6.1. Try getting the drivers for the Video card first. There is no way Microsoft can test every system configuration. proggy,

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> some nice guy mentioned in response to my > > I tried it, and it worked for me, thank goodness. The trick is that > > the INF file might not be named "Directx.INF". Mine was caled > > "dx6migr.INF". > Cool, thanks for the info! I'll try it tomorrow. Hope, I'll also get > positive results! > Peter > Vienna, Austria

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>There is no way Microsoft can test every system configuration. Then they should provide a more reasonable uninstall solution. But given that they don't, it is simply incompetent for any developer to "upgrade" the DX drivers without asking for user confirmation. No ifs ands or buts about it. Joe

>What a bunch or sick bastards. Who the hell said you could install the >Directx7 virus on my computer? NONE of my games work anymore, my Who said so? Anyone who blindly follows Mordorsofts "ugrade or you won't get fed" policy has only him/herself to blame. Yeah, it's called Linux. *And* you're safe from Microsoft Products (and probably Microprose to some good extent) forever onwards ;-) Hmm, I'd try the usual dx uninstall, followed by a thorough wipe of the registry using regedit, looking for traces of leftover dx references (which will be numerous and tough to track, I'm sure). Otherwise, and if you value your time, just go on and re-install Windows and wait for the next major ***up. Regards & good luck, Uwe -- Uwe Schuerkamp http://www.schuerkamp.de/ Herford, Germany (52.0N/8h30mE) Ever wondered what's wrong with the world? http://bnetwork.com/ PGP Fingerprint: 2E 13 20 22 9A 3F 63 7F 67 6F E9 B1 A8 36 A4 61

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>>What a bunch or sick bastards. Who the hell said you could install the >>Directx7 virus on my computer? NONE of my games work anymore, my >Who said so? Anyone who blindly follows Mordorsofts "ugrade or >you won't get fed" policy has only him/herself to blame. >>Does anyone know how to clean this abomination off of my Wiundows98 >>system? I got a utility for resetting version numbers from one site, >Yeah, it's called Linux. *And* you're safe from Microsoft Products >(and probably Microprose to some good extent) forever onwards ;-)

Forever? Hm, my guess is Microsoft will jump on the Linux boat late, but not late enough. They'll mess this system up as well with some utilities, but thank God hopefully they won't deal with the kernel. Althought MS did Xenix a long time ago. Ruud van Gaal MarketGraph / MachTech: http://www.marketgraph.nl Art: http://www.marketgraph.nl/gallery

Try this to get rid of directx. It will get rid of the lot & you can install the one you want then. http://www.ebrink.com/dxun/Direct.htm

>Yeah, it's called Linux. *And* you're safe from Microsoft Products >(and probably Microprose to some good extent) forever onwards ;-) What race driving sims are available for Linux? An OS for me, is only as useful as the software it will run. If I want to run GPL, Viper Racing, Re-volt, Dirt Track Racing, Midtown Madness, Monster Truck Madness, Linux obviously isn't an option. I have run Linux, it's great, but the software I want to run only runs on Windows98 right now. I'll probably be running windows 2000 in a few months if it will run my games. glen