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Old October 4th 04, 09:49 PM
Nevans
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Default DirectX 9 - Has anyone successfully installed this?

I asked about this problem last night in the windowsupdate group but
realized this may be more the appropriate place:

Each time I try to install DirectX 9.0b, it says the install was
successful but after I restart and then run dxdiag, it still says I have
DirectX 8.1 installed. There are no error messages in the file Windows
Update.log. I always disable my antivirus while downloading updates
from WU. Using Google has yielded no obvious solutions for this
problem.

I even tried to install the newer DirectX 9.0c by downloading it and
installing manually. That didn't work either but gave the error "a
cabinet file necessary for installation cannot be trusted". The only
results I could find on Google for that error related to Windows XP but
not ME.

Have also tried to install DirectX 9.0b manually by downloading and
running the install. Still no go. It seems to think it installed OK
but has not. Can anyone help with this?

Thank you,
Nevans
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Old October 4th 04, 10:24 PM
Nevans
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Hey Mike,

Dxdiag indicates that my Nvidia nvdisp.drv (4.14.10.5664) and SoundMax
smwdm.sys (5.12.01.3513) are, in its words: "not digitally signed,
which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows Hardware
Quality Labs." I updated my Nvidia drivers from Nvidia's website
several months ago but am not certain how long it's been since I updated
my SoundMax drivers. How can I be sure to get signed drivers? Do you
think this is why DX9 won't install?

Nevans

On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 22:00:39 +0100, Mike M wrote in
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Run DXDiag. (Start , Run, enter dxdiag in the box and click OK). What
does it say is the problem? As for installing DX9 on Win Me I perhaps
have been fortunate and have never experienced any problems.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP [2001-2005]


Nevans wrote:

I asked about this problem last night in the windowsupdate group but
realized this may be more the appropriate place:

Each time I try to install DirectX 9.0b, it says the install was
successful but after I restart and then run dxdiag, it still says I
have DirectX 8.1 installed. There are no error messages in the file
Windows Update.log. I always disable my antivirus while downloading
updates from WU. Using Google has yielded no obvious solutions for
this problem.

I even tried to install the newer DirectX 9.0c by downloading it and
installing manually. That didn't work either but gave the error "a
cabinet file necessary for installation cannot be trusted". The only
results I could find on Google for that error related to Windows XP
but not ME.

Have also tried to install DirectX 9.0b manually by downloading and
running the install. Still no go. It seems to think it installed OK
but has not. Can anyone help with this?

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Old October 4th 04, 10:41 PM
Mike M
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Nevans,

To be perfectly honest I haven't a clue. :-)

You might want to try posting to a newsgroup supporting DX such as perhaps
microsoft.public.directx.video or microsoft.public.directx.misc.

Sorry not to be able to give any help. I really only replied to try an
reassure you that DX9a, b or c will all install on Win Me. Knowing little
about DX and not being a gamer that really is about as far as I can go.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP [2001-2005]



Nevans wrote:

Hey Mike,

Dxdiag indicates that my Nvidia nvdisp.drv (4.14.10.5664) and SoundMax
smwdm.sys (5.12.01.3513) are, in its words: "not digitally signed,
which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows
Hardware Quality Labs." I updated my Nvidia drivers from Nvidia's
website several months ago but am not certain how long it's been
since I updated my SoundMax drivers. How can I be sure to get signed
drivers? Do you think this is why DX9 won't install?


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Old October 4th 04, 11:10 PM
Nevans
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Mike,

I'm not a gamer either. Just like to keep things "up to date". Thanks
for trying to help. I may or may not pursue this any further. Having
been a mainframe programmer for more than 20 years, there was a time I
would have expended a lot of effort in order to get something like this
resolved on my home PC. But as I "age", things like this just don't
seem as important as they used to. I'll wait until something
significant goes wrong with my PC that's really worth devoting time to!

Thanks again,
Nevans

On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 22:41:55 +0100, Mike M wrote in
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Nevans,

To be perfectly honest I haven't a clue. :-)

You might want to try posting to a newsgroup supporting DX such as perhaps
microsoft.public.directx.video or microsoft.public.directx.misc.

Sorry not to be able to give any help. I really only replied to try an
reassure you that DX9a, b or c will all install on Win Me. Knowing little
about DX and not being a gamer that really is about as far as I can go.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP [2001-2005]


Nevans wrote:

Hey Mike,

Dxdiag indicates that my Nvidia nvdisp.drv (4.14.10.5664) and SoundMax
smwdm.sys (5.12.01.3513) are, in its words: "not digitally signed,
which means that it has not been tested by Microsoft's Windows
Hardware Quality Labs." I updated my Nvidia drivers from Nvidia's
website several months ago but am not certain how long it's been
since I updated my SoundMax drivers. How can I be sure to get signed
drivers? Do you think this is why DX9 won't install?

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Old October 7th 04, 07:08 PM
Nevans
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On Mon, 4 Oct 2004 22:41:55 +0100, Mike M wrote in
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Nevans,

To be perfectly honest I haven't a clue. :-)

You might want to try posting to a newsgroup supporting DX such as perhaps
microsoft.public.directx.video or microsoft.public.directx.misc.

Sorry not to be able to give any help. I really only replied to try an
reassure you that DX9a, b or c will all install on Win Me. Knowing little
about DX and not being a gamer that really is about as far as I can go.
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP [2001-2005]


Mike,

Just wanted to let you know I found a thread similar to this on
alt.windows-me that recommended downloading/installing the full,
redistributable version of DirectX instead of the smaller webupdate
version. I downloaded the DX 9.0c redistributable from Microsoft
(approx. 34 MB), ran it offline and now have 9.0c on my PC.

When I ran dxdiag after installing 9.0c, it indicated that an input
device registry key was missing:

Input Devices
Poll w/ Interrupt: Yes
Registry: Errors found:
Key 'HKCR\CLSID\{92187326-72B4-11d0-A1AC-0000F8026977}\ProgID' is
missing.

A Google search for the solution found the fix in an old Windows
Magazine article from 2001 which showed what to add to the registry to
fix the error. The article can be found at
http://www.techweb.com/winmag/column...03.htm?print=1 and the
fix is to create/run a .reg file like the following (I bet it wraps
badly but here it is):

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID\{9218732 6-72B4-11d0-A1AC-0000F8026977}\ProgID]
@="Game Controllers CPL Handler"
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Old October 7th 04, 07:25 PM
Mike M
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Nevans,

To be honest I thought you had already tried that approach. Thanks though
for the feedback and I will try and remember that this method worked for
you when I next see someone reporting a similar problem.

The problem with the input device key being missing is well known and
usually the result of running a registry cleaner although no doubt there
are other possible reasons for this particular problem.

Cheers,
--
Mike Maltby MS-MVP [2001-2005]



Nevans wrote:

Just wanted to let you know I found a thread similar to this on
alt.windows-me that recommended downloading/installing the full,
redistributable version of DirectX instead of the smaller webupdate
version. I downloaded the DX 9.0c redistributable from Microsoft
(approx. 34 MB), ran it offline and now have 9.0c on my PC.

When I ran dxdiag after installing 9.0c, it indicated that an input
device registry key was missing:

Input Devices
Poll w/ Interrupt: Yes
Registry: Errors found:
Key 'HKCR\CLSID\{92187326-72B4-11d0-A1AC-0000F8026977}\ProgID' is
missing.

A Google search for the solution found the fix in an old Windows
Magazine article from 2001 which showed what to add to the registry to
fix the error. The article can be found at
http://www.techweb.com/winmag/column...03.htm?print=1 and
the fix is to create/run a .reg file like the following (I bet it
wraps badly but here it is):

REGEDIT4

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\CLASSES\CLSID\{9218732 6-72B4-11d0-A1AC-0000F8026977}\ProgID]
@="Game Controllers CPL Handler"


 




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