safe to install Directx 9c?   

i just got a new pc, and when i tried to install and play medieval 2
total war, it would not work.... i have looked on the internet and found
that the problem is that it wont run with directx 10. but is it safe to
install directx 9c??, wont it mess up my other games that are running on
directx 10, or games that will come in the future???.


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date: Sun, 3 Aug 2008 11:34:21 +0100   author:   weth

Re: safe to install Directx 9c?   

"weth"  wrote in message 
news:weth.3dkcwc@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com...
>
> i just got a new pc, and when i tried to install and play medieval 2
> total war, it would not work.... i have looked on the internet and found
> that the problem is that it wont run with directx 10. but is it safe to
> install directx 9c??, wont it mess up my other games that are running on
> directx 10, or games that will come in the future???.
>

I don't think there is a problem with both on the system.

date: Sun, 03 Aug 2008 13:57:20 GMT   author:   Slap

Re: safe to install Directx 9c?   

On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 11:34:21 +0100, weth
 wrote:

>
>i just got a new pc, and when i tried to install and play medieval 2
>total war, it would not work.... i have looked on the internet and found
>that the problem is that it wont run with directx 10. but is it safe to
>install directx 9c??, wont it mess up my other games that are running on
>directx 10, or games that will come in the future???.

Hmm... can you even install DirectX 9c on a Vista machine? I thought
that Vista = DirectX 10.x+?

______________________

The Traveller
Carlsbad, California

date: Sun, 03 Aug 2008 12:37:27 -0700   author:   The Traveller

Re: safe to install Directx 9c?   

The Traveller wrote:
> On Sun, 3 Aug 2008 11:34:21 +0100, weth
>  wrote:
> 
>> i just got a new pc, and when i tried to install and play medieval 2
>> total war, it would not work.... i have looked on the internet and found
>> that the problem is that it wont run with directx 10. but is it safe to
>> install directx 9c??, wont it mess up my other games that are running on
>> directx 10, or games that will come in the future???.
> 
> Hmm... can you even install DirectX 9c on a Vista machine? I thought
> that Vista = DirectX 10.x+?
> 
> ______________________
> 
> The Traveller
> Carlsbad, California

Nope, quite safe to install DX9c onto a Vista machine.  It will help a 
lot of games that are a few years old, to run without hassles.

Quite harmless and I have done it on 4 Vista machines, including 64 bit.

Frenchy

date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:25:44 +1200   author:   Frenchy

Re: safe to install Directx 9c?   

i have tried udating my graphics card. but i still get the error that
"D3Dx9_30.LL" cant be found......

so i should just install the directx 9c that came with med2 total war?
becouse i'm rly afraid that it will mess up my games that are running
on directx 10


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date: Mon, 4 Aug 2008 20:10:43 +0100   author:   weth

Re: safe to install Directx 9c?   

On Mon, 4 Aug 2008 20:10:43 +0100, weth
 wrote:

>
>i have tried udating my graphics card. but i still get the error that
>"D3Dx9_30.LL" cant be found......
>
>so i should just install the directx 9c that came with med2 total war?
>becouse i'm rly afraid that it will mess up my games that are running
>on directx 10

As already said, it will not mess up your DX10 installation, you could
even do better by installing the latest DX redist from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3
=====
All the Best
Katy Pluta

http://flysimbug.spaces.live.com/

date: Mon, 04 Aug 2008 15:03:58 -0600   author:   Katy Pluta

Re: safe to install Directx 9c?   

weth  wrote in news:weth.3dmv84
@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com:

> 
> i have tried udating my graphics card. but i still get the error that
> "D3Dx9_30.LL" cant be found......
> 
> so i should just install the directx 9c that came with med2 total war?
> becouse i'm rly afraid that it will mess up my games that are running
> on directx 10
> 
> 

http://www.microsoft.com/directx

find the dxwebsetup.exe it'll make sure you have DirectX 1-10.1 installed 
and up to date on your system.

No it does not mess anything up.

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-A.

date: Tue, 05 Aug 2008 09:19:55 -0700   author:   Andy [YaYa]