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Title: direct x Post by ace123 on 09.06.03 at 14:51:40
how can you download direct x drivers to file? when i download fron microsoft"s site they load automaticaly,but i want to save a copy. :'(
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Title: Re: direct x Post by paulpsomiadis on 09.06.03 at 15:20:23
Hmm...I suppose you mean DirectX 9.0a which uses the WEB installer... :P
O.K., try this ;) : - 1. Clear out your Windows TEMP folder before you start (you'll see why later!) ;) 2. Start the WEB installer for DX9.0a and wait for the files to download. :P 3. When the installer has finished downloading and is starting to install DX9.0a, QUICKLY go to your Windows TEMP folder (you MUST do this BEFORE the installer finishes installing DX9.0a or the TEMP folder will be erased again by the installer when it finishes!) :o 4. There should be some 'new' files and folders in there now, so quickly copy them from the TEMP folder into another folder (e.g. 'C:\1' for example). :D 5. ZIP the files you copied as a backup, including the WEB installer EXE file. 8) 6. When you want to re-install DX9.0a, just unzip the files to your Windows TEMP folder again and run the WEB installer EXE...then DX 9.0a will install from HDD!!! ;D Hope all that helps! 8) |
Title: Re: direct x Post by chevy33333 on 10.06.03 at 20:30:16
thanks i'll give it a go ;D
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Title: Re: direct x Post by chevy3 on 13.06.03 at 13:57:47
what is the redistributable 9.0a version on the MS.direct x site ?can you save this one and copy it ? ???
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Title: Re: direct x Post by paulpsomiadis on 13.06.03 at 22:18:04
Hmm...if you copy / paste the URL for this file then I'll check it out and let you know what it does... :P
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Title: Re: direct x Post by FalconFly on 14.06.03 at 10:43:08
Hm, I know there was a Windows-related Website, that did all that, and offered the complete DirectX9.0a Installation package for download...
Can't remember it's address, but google should turn it up. |
Title: Re: direct x Post by nudgegoonies on 14.06.03 at 14:35:20
I save dxwebsetup.exe and after downloading (when setup starts to copy i save the c:\windows\system\directx\websetup path. I ghosted back and copied the websetup dir back to c:\windows\system\directx and started dxwebsetup.exe again and it worked too.
Regards, Andreas P.S. My system is WIN98SE and a preinstalled DX81B. Downloadsize was only 8.5 Megs. |
Title: Re: direct x Post by chevy3 on 17.06.03 at 01:01:36
http://microsoft.com/downloads/search.aspx?displaylang=en&categoryid=2THIS IS THE WEB SITE THAT HAS DIRECTX 9.0a REDISTRIBUTABLE. WHAT IS THIS? ??? i am useing directx 9.0a with my voodoo 3 3000 with no prolblems so far. ;D
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Title: Re: direct x Post by FalconFly on 17.06.03 at 01:28:44 wrote on 17.06.03 at 01:01:36:
This Site does not have a DirectX9.0a redistributable , it only offers the Web Setup, which needs abolve fiddling to rebuild a Redistributable package. |
Title: Re: direct x Post by IG88 on 17.06.03 at 03:17:15
here ya go
http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/8/1/a81adbcd-3212-4cb7-b02a-183eee612bbf/dx90a_redist.exe and if you need any other update http://members.tripod.com/erpman1/w98meupd.html |
Title: Re: direct x Post by chevy3 on 21.06.03 at 18:47:36
thanks i'll give it a go 8)
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Title: Re: direct x Post by paulpsomiadis on 21.06.03 at 23:26:09
Nice link there IG88! ;)
Although I'll be sticking with the web setup and using above method...it still works anyhow! :P (Plus I'm not going to download 31MB all over AGAIN on Dial-Up! :o) Anyway, whicever method you use, it's still the same result...you install DX 9.0a in the end... ::) PEACE! 8) |
Title: Re: direct x Post by FalconFly on 22.06.03 at 10:47:09
Nice finding :)
I searched Microsoft's Download Center, but it simply didn't spit out what it was supposed to, hence I thought it wasn't out yet ;) |
Title: Re: direct x Post by IG88 on 23.06.03 at 01:48:49
Yeah Microsoft search is very lacking i got sick of auto slow updates / plus spyware . He at least tells you whats what , i found a direct microsoft site once but its hard to get past the jargon . And if you run 98 SE or millenium it a good idea to burn some of that stuff to a disk support is fast running out .
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Title: Re: direct x Post by FalconFly on 23.06.03 at 09:26:48
Yep, I got everything I need for my Win95 machines on HD, although its importance for me is decreasing quickly :
All new installations I do now get Linux, if possible :) |
Title: Re: direct x Post by IG88 on 23.06.03 at 11:45:02
yeah i remember trying to track some nt4 stuff for direct download very painful ! some obscure bits and pieces like active desktop ie 4 update which microsoft doesn`t offer anymore . i found some russian ftp which had the works , shame i lost that url .
linux sounds good haven`t tried any newer versions for years |
Title: Re: direct x Post by FalconFly on 23.06.03 at 12:27:02
It's still got alot of the old restrictions, that blocks it to be used by 'anybody' .
On the good side, several distributions come with quite nice Packet Managers, which makes working with them alot easier. Still, many (otherwise powerful) applications lack their own GUI's, and the connection itself between the various GUI's and the Applications is still very loose, hence pulling down usability alot ::) But for something that's free, already an extremely good Operating System, especially since I have quite alot of Client Systems ;) |
Title: Re: direct x Post by IG88 on 23.06.03 at 13:21:40
yeah i tried out a few versions (free magazine) , some were pretty good
bought one kit which was useless no sound support , plus my old banchee was a bit rough on those systems might be worth checking out see what progress theres been |
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