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Hudzy
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Location: Cornwall, England
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DirectX
Is it possible to downgrade my DirectX version from 8 to 7a. I know it sounds real stupid and all, but it's the only way to get something to work. Whenever I try to install 7a it says no installation is necessary, and technically it's right but is there a way to get past this?
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Black Sheep 2000
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Registered: Jan 2001
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There is a small proggy, that completely removes DX from your system...uhm...wee....now...I don't know its name tho...give me a few mins and I check.
Edit: Direct X Buster
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Dynamo
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DirectX is just a pain in the ass in general. I don't see why MS didn't make the stuff more backwards compatible.
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Admiral LSD
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quote:
Originally posted by Brummel
Perhaaps this tool will help you 
http://www.directxbuster.de/cgi-bin/dl.pl?dxb21b4d.exe
..GL
The last time I played with one of those (way back when I actually used Win98 seriously) I had to resort to a full reinstall anyway so it was a waste of time...
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Hudzy
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Thanks for the suggestions. Turns out the problem could be solved with a few patches.
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killadonuts
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quote:
Originally posted by F S W
Because people don't buy downgrades. 
If they could market Direct X they would
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Admiral LSD
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Location: Northam, W.A. Australia
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quote:
Originally posted by F S W
Because people don't buy downgrades.
Someone should have told Microsoft that...
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lifecycle.asp
They've implemented a downgrade licence program for people who really must use an OS thats past its use by date. The way it works is that you buy a licence for a supported OS (say Windows XP) and then downgrade it to one for an unsupported OS (say Windows 98).
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