Direct X question

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"Rogue" <Rogue@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Hello My friend is having a problem with directx 9c. She bought WOW and
> installed it on her laptop, then installed ver 9c so it would play.
> However
> some of the direct 3d stuff was not working. She paid for a program called
> Happy uninstall which when registered allowed her to backup to her old
> version of Directx on her win XP cd.
> We then tried the directx 9 on the game cd again, you click the setup and
> in
> about 2 seconds it pops up saying it is installed. However nothing gets
> installed.. it still lists as version 8.
> We then connected to the MS website, downloaded the web installer, and the
> same thing happened.
> We then connected to MS and downloaded a full version of 9c to the desktop
> and ran the install from there.
> The same thing happens no matter what, you run dxsetup, about 2 secs go by
> and it says it is fully installed and ready to run.
> Yet when you do dxdiag it clearly shows ver 8 installed, and WoW (World of
> Warcraft) will not run with anything but 9c.
> Does anyone have a fix for this problem?
>
>

I don't know what WOW is but does it support the graphics chip that the
laptop has? Some use low featured basic chips, and newer games don't support
those chips- whatever directx is installed.

Archived from groups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.general (More info?)

Besides upgrading to Direct X 9.0c, you would need to upgrade:

Video card drivers
Chipset drivers

so that most of the Direct X feature can work.

However, as for most games, you would need to know if the video card is
compatible/supported by the game itself.

Also, most game publishers do not support their games installed on Laptops,
because of the minimum hardware quality that most laptop manufacturer use.
Also, each laptop (different models) have their own unique hardware
components, so it make it very difficult to test the games on laptops.


"Rogue" <Rogue@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:350955E1-1171-46AA-905E-91EF8F9B8D34@microsoft.com...
> Hello My friend is having a problem with directx 9c. She bought WOW and
> installed it on her laptop, then installed ver 9c so it would play.
> However
> some of the direct 3d stuff was not working. She paid for a program called
> Happy uninstall which when registered allowed her to backup to her old
> version of Directx on her win XP cd.
> We then tried the directx 9 on the game cd again, you click the setup and
> in
> about 2 seconds it pops up saying it is installed. However nothing gets
> installed.. it still lists as version 8.
> We then connected to the MS website, downloaded the web installer, and the
> same thing happened.
> We then connected to MS and downloaded a full version of 9c to the desktop
> and ran the install from there.
> The same thing happens no matter what, you run dxsetup, about 2 secs go by
> and it says it is fully installed and ready to run.
> Yet when you do dxdiag it clearly shows ver 8 installed, and WoW (World of
> Warcraft) will not run with anything but 9c.
> Does anyone have a fix for this problem?
>
>