DirectX 8.1b Manual install on XP

[Qba73]

A friend asked me to post this way of getting Direct X 8.1b to manually install on XP.

Seems when you try to install 8.1b on a XP system, it goes through all the motions like its installing then the installer just ends, if you check your dxdiag, it will still report the 0801 original version that shipped with XP.

Now i read on a site that if you download dx8.1b, extract the files to a folder then manually install the ini's by rt clking on them (like 8 or so) then your version ups to 0901.

however i have found that once you do this dxdiag reprts that older files have been installed when you run dxdiag again, yet the dates on the files are recent.

I did this method and it upped my version to 0901 which subsequently didnt do anything for me. but i dont remember the site where i got this method from.

Did anyone run across the same method? also could you post the link?

[Dazog]

DOn't install this on XP. Since SP1 for windows XP will be NEWER than the dx 8.1B out for all other oses. Wait for SP1 of XP.

The End

[Qba73]

Originally posted by Dazog

DOn't install this on XP. Since SP1 for windows XP will be NEWER than the dx 8.1B out for all other oses. Wait for SP1 of XP.

The End

MS will not up DX till 9 comes out. The version included will be 0901 (8.1b) if anything with SP1, up from the original 8.1 version 0801.

[Dazog]

MS will not up DX till 9 comes out. The version included will be 0901 (8.1b) if anything with SP1, up from the original 8.1 version 0801.

LOL NO you are wrong...

SP 1 contains NEWER DX Components hmm yeah dx 9 is a TOTALLY diff code base, but reguarding his question the Dx in SP1 of windows XP IS updated i repeated IS...

since i happen to be running 1081 ... But what DO I know?

[Qba73]

Originally posted by Dazog

LOL NO you are wrong...

SP 1 contains NEWER DX Components hmm yeah dx 9 is a TOTALLY diff code base, but reguarding his question the Dx in SP1 of windows XP IS updated i repeated IS...

since i happen to be running 1081 ... But what DO I know?

i have 1081 as well and still have the 8.1b 0901 version, did u mean the final will have the updated components, cause 1081 sure doesnt.

[wI-OSMAN-]

well i think that the build 8.1b of DX should work on WinXP !