Microsoft DirectX 9 not installing?

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Gawd
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Hello All.

Yesterday i was trying to install the latest direct x 9 onto a fresh windows xp install at home using the dxwebsetup.exe found HERE, and it would just crap out and complain that it could not find the file and that i should try again later.

This morning I tried again on another machine at my work and I continue to get the same message.

Is anyone else getting this problem?

Note. My network works fine.


Shot at 2007-06-28
 
DX9 are u sure? that links gets me to DX10 page, and as u no doubt know DX10 is for Vista only
so do u have a game cd, try installing dx9 from the cd
 
click on the download it will download dxwebsetup.exe,, that install program will download the direct x which is suitable for your machine.

thus if you have xp it will download 9 , if you have vista it will download 10.

here is the direct link to the download site to the direct x websetup runtime installer that im using.

I installed it fine last week.
Also a game cd, would not have the latest June2007 runtime releases. (unless it was a really really new game)

do it for yourself and you will see, and please report if its actually downloading the files, because here at work and at my home yesterday, it would give the error i showed above.

Thanks.
 
Blue Falcon said:
Just download the full redistrubitable package:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...0C-5E44-4864-93CD-464EF59DA050&displaylang=en
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I thought about doing this, although not knowing which ones are missing from the Pc, it makes it much easier to use the websetup.

I also confirmed with a few friends that it does the same thing on their machines, thus its definately a problem with microsoft.

if they dont fix it in a day or two ill just have to get each individual redistributable and manually download them and install them one by one.

Note the link you sent has the Feb2007 redist,, there are newer ones including the newest from June2007.
I think they all can be found HERE

As you can see there are lots of them, thus the convenience of using the websetup ( when it actually works)
 
So what, unless you're on dialup or something it makes no difference.

The installer is going to pick and choose what updated directx components it installs wether you use the websetup or not, the only difference is that with the redist packages all of the files are right there for the installer to use instead of it having to download them one at a time.

FYI the servers that the websetup connects to in order to fetch files on the fly appear to be non-responsive. You wouldn't figure that M$ would slip up and let this go on for more than a day, but whatever.

Also I posted my link too quickly, what I meant to post was this:

DirectX 9.0c redist (install first)

DirectX June 2007 update (Install second)

There is no need to install any other updates first before the June update, DX updates are not cumulative.
 
Blue Falcon said:
There is no need to install any other updates first before the June update, DX updates are not cumulative.
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Thanks for the information, the non-cumulative nature of the DX updates was somthing i was not aware of.

I was under the impression that it was cumulative, given that when i run the dxwebsetup.exe, it tries to download older files in sequence.
For example the first file it tried to download on one machine was from February 2006, on another machine here in our lab it started trying to download a file from 2005.
seems strange that if it could just use the latest why is the websetup trying to download the older ones first?

Obviously since the MS severs are not working, it didnt download in either case.

So if i can just install the June 2007 redist without installing all the older ones, that should be fine, and is actualy easier.

Also on a side note,, when using the microsoft Problem Feedback forum on the directX site, i just get a bounce back in my email stating that the address was undeliverable.
So it really looks like MS dosent have their act together, as i cant even report this issue directly to them.

Lets see how long untill they fix this.

Thanks for the info.
 
interested said:
I was under the impression that it was cumulative, given that when i run the dxwebsetup.exe, it tries to download older files in sequence.
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Well strictly speaking the process IS cumulative, but the redistributable form updates contain all of the previous updates too.

Quoted from MS:

"The DirectX redist installation includes all the latest and previous released DirectX runtime. This includes the bi-monthly D3DX, XInput, and Managed DirectX components."

:)

Good luck!
 
yes your right it appears to contain all the older updates(back even into 2005) within the latest June redist.
I just downloaded it and when i go to install it, it basically extracts its entire contents into a folder, and in there all the older updates are found along with the dxsetup.exe

This is good as i actually find it easier to have it within one file and install it this way.

Thanks for the help.:cool:
 
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