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| 18445 | 2001-09-08 11:44:00 | I have a new PIII and have installed a couple of Games on it (One an oldish Demo of Star Wars Pod Racer and the newer Star Wars Force Commander). I am using the original Win98 OS. Recently when I tried to start Force Commander I got the message 'Direct Draw Beta expired. Obtain Update'. The game eventually started but I get the message for a range of applications now... Assuming this was because I had installed an old version of Direct X 7.0 I obtained Direct X 8.0 and installed that. Nothing. I tried a copy of direct X 8.0a still nothing. There was othing in Add/Remove Programs I could use to remove the old version of Direct X. I assume that somewhere in the system is a stray file that thinks an old version of Version 7.0 is there...how do I find and remove it??? Cheers |
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| 18446 | 2001-09-08 12:38:00 | DirectX is a horrable thing to remove (I think there is an app that will do it). Try running dxdiag.exe which will be either in c:\windows\system or c:\program files\directx Also make sure you've updated your video drivers (and sound etc while your at it). The best place is usually the chipset makers homepage rather then the manufacturer. |
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| 18447 | 2001-09-08 13:00:00 | This problem is dealt with in this forum post on Gameplanet. forums.gameplanet.co.nz |
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| 18448 | 2001-09-08 23:09:00 | Thanks for the suggestions. I have tried the changes to DX Diagnosis without much luck. I went to the gameplanet site and tried to download the DX unistall program but Ebunk.com is offline. Any idea where this program could be sourced from? PS A shortcut to to the diagnosis program is to type dxdiag at the Start | Run ... Cheers |
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| 18449 | 2001-09-08 23:46:00 | www.advancedsimulation.com www.over-clock.co.uk |
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| 18450 | 2001-09-10 07:24:00 | Thanks for all the help. I finally got the DX Uninstaller and after a couple of deep breathes (Our techie told me Ver 8.0 was now embedded in the System and couldn't be removed) I finally ran the program and Yahoo it worked. I then reinstalled DX using the new version from MS and as usual got a message telling me this one should be updated! But at least the DirectDraw message is gone and I can run things properly. Thanks again for all the help. |
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