question on directx9.0cFollow

im trying to download directx9.0c and its says my system has an internal error and i should check out the directx.log in my windows folder..well only thing that pops up when i use the run command and all that comes up is a directx notepad with a whole lot of words...anybody got any ideas as to whats wrong?? thanks for the help

What OS? Win 98/ME or Win XP?
What service packs you use?

Here's how to find out:

Find the START button in windows on the lower left of your screen

click SETTINGS
CONTROL PANEL
if Win XP click CLASSIC VIEW
else any other OS version now shows:
SYSTEM
click system, GENERAL has your service packs

If Windows XP, you'll want to know if it says Service Pack 1 or 2. If you have a legit copy of Windows, you can close control panel now and click HELP, then Windows Update.

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Now, back to your question:

START
RUN
CMD <-- for Win XP
or
COMMAND <-- for Windows 98, Millenium
DXDIAG
then say NO to question "do you want DXDIAG to check if your drivers are digitally signed by Microsoft?" Phooey, MS charges graphics card companies $50,000 USD to check their drivers for them, it doesnt guarantee anything but so that consumers dont whine.

Much more important is the next screen, where it lets you see whats loaded...


Down below on your taskbar is a new program called "DirectX Diagnostics". Open that up.

Under SYSTEM tab you see what DX version you're running, how much RAM the system thinks you have, your page file size etc. Its all good stuff for tech support (I did tech support for 20 years before retiring). Get to that point and you're 90% there.

You certainly need to know what OS you are running (you'll see it back in the control panel steps, not in DirectX Diagnostics. From there you can know whether you have all the OTHER pieces DirectX expected. By the way, I couldn't update DirectX 9.0c from MS update site either, when I already had a development download of DX 9.0b installed. When I used the DX 9.0c that came on the EQ2 CD, I was OK. Good luck

If you mean with the trial of the isle download, the answer is no. If you mean does it come on the disks packaged with EQ 2, I think it does. Then again you can go to microsofts website and download the latest direct x.

If you have WIN XP professional, click on start, all programs, and go to the top where it says windows update. When you get to the site, navigate around a bit and find direct x. The alternative is to just follow all the instructions and download service pack 2, the latest direct x is packaged with SP 2.

Yes, you can download MS DirectX 9.0c from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=0a9b6820-bfbb-4799-9908-d418cdeac197&DisplayLang=en

If that doesn't work for you, try
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=143ef8c6-cff7-4af0-8209-1cdf49c58bc0&DisplayLang=en

However, both of the above links will check your downloading PC to see if the Windows OS is legit. If not, it won't download. The second DL is a complete, no further downloading DirectX 9.0c; the first one is just a tiny installer, and it updates only what is needed from your old DirectX version to this one. I had some problems with using the first one with DirectX 9.0b installed on Win ME; probably too many old drivers loaded. The second one worked great, and ended a glitch while tradeskilling on my old Gforce 4200-TI card.