iamcacao :
That site is an archive of .dll files, it has almost every one. I've been using it for years to fix my .dll errors and I've never run into any problems, so I'm not exactly sure what you mean.
heres exactly what i mean. you can download individual dll files and each time your risking a malware infection. just because you haven't had 1 doesnt mean theres no risk. also if you download 1 at a time you may need to get another and another each time increasing your risk. if you get the dx package you get everything you could possibly need and safely...
yes theres a chance you can get an infection from a m.s. site but generally its much safer than most any other.
my ethos is why take a risk if you dont need to. microsoft provide all the dlls you will ever need for direct x so if the owner of direct x is supplying a package for free why would you want to go elsewhere.
if you want to do that with your pc thats fine. but at toms we do things the safest way as that minimizes the chance of our help causing further damage to an already compromised system.
remember its not your system and how would you feel if you were responsible for killing some1 else's hardware... or better still how would you feel if you took advice that killed your pc. i doubt you would be happy with that guy.... so like i say its not your system so be as safe as possible and if that means a user has to download a few more megs of data then so be it...