Nasheet Siddiqui Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 I installed 3ds max 7 on winxp(without sp ) ,installing directx 9.0c ,it is working fine,but another PC which has winxp SP2 ,with directx 9.0b installed is driving me crazy. I tried to install direct x 9.0c but it checks for I don't know what and says installation successful>finish without even installing it dxdiag runing after this shows ver 9.0b. I even forcefull extracted the 9.0 c files,resulting in a reinstall of xp sp2 again,at best back to 9.0b Now I have reverted it back to directx 8.1 using one unisnstaller,but I cannot install 9.0c back again..... I tried microsoft site with directx update but it also fails to install.... I am extremly annoyed,there is hardly any flexibility with directx,you can't uninstall it officially. So all in all how to get my dxdiag show ver 9.0c from ver 8.1 on winxp sp2 now ...any takers.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupusellobo Posted January 19, 2005 Share Posted January 19, 2005 you cannot install directx9.0b to a sp2 machice cause sp2 comes with directx9.0c already installed. btw i don't recomend uninstalling directx, it's part of the system. hope it helped german Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nasheet Siddiqui Posted January 22, 2005 Author Share Posted January 22, 2005 well believe me friend the build which I HAVE HAS 9.0b,and I cannot upgrade it to 9.0c ......doesnot solve anything. forget sp2,the current situation is my dxdiag shows ver 9.0b. that is where it ends,does not go any where, I still have to try one more method,but for that I need cab files for 9.0b,where is that on sp2 cd???I will replace 9.0c cab files with 9.0b and install 9.0b....but where can I get 9.0b cab files....duh..duh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nasheet Siddiqui Posted January 26, 2005 Author Share Posted January 26, 2005 Finally i tweaked directx 9.0c !!! tweaked registry,and bingo,though still a minor error .......working on resolving it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thyrfing Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 I ve been having the same problem more or less but no matter what i do it frustratingly persists. Nasheet when you say you tweaked the registry and done it, what exactly do you mean? please help me on this one, id be really glad. As far as i found out the whole DirectX 9.0c business involves a bug (or so) that wont let windows xp (with SP2 and earlier directX version included) update to 9.0c. It just finishes the installation in a flash, obviously not installing it but saying that it did. (uninstalling SP2 is not an option here unfortunately) A solution that seems to be working for some people (there are quite a few that had the same problem) is to replace the dll files of 9.0c with those of 9.0b . But ,as you could possibly imagine, that didnt work for me. Could you please help me if you found out any solutions on it? cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nasheet Siddiqui Posted February 16, 2005 Author Share Posted February 16, 2005 i changed the directx version values in the registry,that helped me to install max.but that's not what you shall do,I am attaching two files here,overwrite them to your directx 9.0c folder and run dxsetup again....if this does not solve it....check out happy installer version 2.0....http://www.superfoxs.com/ hope it helps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thyrfing Posted February 16, 2005 Share Posted February 16, 2005 Thanks Ive tried those stuff before countless times but still nothing. Well thank you anyway for your time. If you have any other ideas please let me know. Im afraid that the only solution is formating the drive and installing winxp without SP2. Thank you Mr Gates once again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nasheet Siddiqui Posted February 17, 2005 Author Share Posted February 17, 2005 I know what exactly you are going thru...its time to take things in your hands then relying on Microsoft he he..... okie here is a simple registry tweak.... 1.)extract the directx.cab file in your directx 9.0c folder to any folder...whatever name you give it. 2.)find a file in it called dxver.inf it reads.. [version] signature="$CHICAGO$" [DefaultInstall] AddReg=add.reg [add.reg] HKLM,"%DX%" HKLM,"%DX%","Version",,"4.09.00.0904" HKLM,"%DX%","RC",,"0" HKLM,"%DX%","Debug",,"0" [strings] DX = "Software\Microsoft\DirectX" 3.) open registry editer ,if you don't know how to open regitry editer click start button-->> Run..--->>>and type regedit and hit enter okie now go to key......HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DirectX change the keys to above... 4.)Install max again....and lo...it does now.... actually max looks for verinformation which it takes from this key...it is fk bothered about anything else... most imp you shall see 4.09.00.0904 in there tip: if you run dxdiag it will still show ver 9.0b..... 5.)for this you can run dxsetup again after copying those two dll files I attached in previous post....and get the dxdiag utility from happy uninstaller....it will show ver 9.0c..... get me....if I am not able to explain it properly....let me know try it out first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thebojan Posted February 17, 2005 Share Posted February 17, 2005 The two files attached in Nasheet post worked for me and i was able to install directx 9.0c. here is what i did: i downloaded the two files attached above and placed them in directx 9.0c setup folder and executed dxsetup.exe . WORKED Thanks to Nasheet for the tip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hots Posted February 19, 2005 Share Posted February 19, 2005 I have tried the above methods, but it still doesn't work, same problem trying to get xp with sp2(beta version) from 9.0b to 9.0c nothing seems to work :/ Anyone got more idea's? Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gork Posted February 28, 2005 Share Posted February 28, 2005 I found a way! go to the Path in the Registry he said and change the VERSION to 4.08.00.0000. He thinks an older Version is installed an does it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mados123 Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 copying the two files to the direct9.0c directory worked for me also!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sheksar Posted March 1, 2005 Share Posted March 1, 2005 wow ur my heros lol thanx to the switching of setup files it works thanx sooooo much:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamees Posted March 18, 2005 Share Posted March 18, 2005 all of u are saying different things... i've been trying to play sims. and the same problem occured with me. it says i need directx 9.0b and i need directx 9.0c to play. but when i download and install directx 9.0c, it says it's already instealled! i did the thing with the registry, and also what some of u had said, but each one of u are saying a different thing and i dunno what to do.. help me out?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkiedmund Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 I am using win2000, and recently installed directx9.0c...so far so good, no problems at all... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sinkman Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 The two files attached in Nasheet post worked for me and i was able to install directx 9.0c. here is what i did: i downloaded the two files attached above and placed them in directx 9.0c setup folder and executed dxsetup.exe . WORKED Thanks to Nasheet for the tip. oh man, MAAAAAAAAAAAAAAD propz to you and Nasheet....this has been driving me nuts for a week and replacing those two files in the extracted directx 9.0c redist dir worked!!!!!! I am sooooo happy, thank you both a ton!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
druze123 Posted April 12, 2005 Share Posted April 12, 2005 Hi Andy.. I'm not sure if Nasheet has already explained, but anyway, if it works for you.. i tried changing the registry value of the.... HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\DirectX\version from 4.09.00.0903 to 4.08.01.0801(it's the value from the original directx 8.1 version) and then tried installing directx 9.0c with the dlls from nasheet's attachment.. and it worked, at least for me.. So.. I did my part too.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante Posted June 11, 2005 Share Posted June 11, 2005 seriously i have tried everything and i cannot update it. it always say 9.0b. im trying to play the demo BF2 but im getting an missing d3dx9_25.dll. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
god_meriadoc Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 thank you Nasheet! my frustration for months have been resolved! you can't imagine how happy i am now... thank you again! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digitalbeing Posted June 26, 2005 Share Posted June 26, 2005 Thank to Druze123 , your combination idea both you and nasheet are work for me thank a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twisted Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 HI nasheed, Thank you, the two files attached in your post worked for me and i was able to see the progression the installation of directx 9.0c. DXDIAG still have Directx 9.0b with (4.09.0000.0904) DX9.0c ref. and it's directx 9.0c in Directx Happy uninstall. But when i try to open Battlefield 2 game, is still ask me "DirectX version 9.0c or higther is requiered to run BF2. Please install DX9c and try again" I can see the difference between my odl dxdiag.txt dx9b and the new one dx9c. Please do you know where is the problem Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colemansworld Posted June 27, 2005 Share Posted June 27, 2005 For us Direct X noobies out here...and want to play BF2 ... can you break down in steps where i am to be putting these files?... Where is the Direcx 9.0c folder? ..do I have to create it? ... is it the folder that holds the installer?.. Let me know... Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redfuel Posted October 10, 2005 Share Posted October 10, 2005 All works thanks to all, but same problem as Twisted:( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiGN69 Posted November 2, 2005 Share Posted November 2, 2005 Hey great post.. Thanks a lot nasheet, your fix worked for me too! //SiGN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
airtalk Posted November 7, 2005 Share Posted November 7, 2005 hi nasheet. Could you post the dlls attachment to me. I'm gonna mad to change directX9.0b to directX9.0c. i've been wasted my time by doing this!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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