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March 1st 08, 07:32 AM
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Applications Failing to Work on Vista Because of a DirectX Issue
I have a problem with few applications, which used to work fine on my
previous Windows XP Home Edition. Now, on my new Windows Vista Home Edition, whenever I try running these application I get a popup saying "you need to update your DirectX to version 8.1 or higher". I checked on the DirectX I have, and it turned out to be version 10! How can I run the applications again?? Thank you... 
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March 1st 08, 10:22 AM
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Applications Failing to Work on Vista Because of a DirectX Issue
Hi,
Either: a) Run the applications in compatibility mode. Right click the icon, choose properties and check the compatibility tab or b) Check with the software vendor for a patch or update the program to a Vista compatible version. -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com wrote in message ... I have a problem with few applications, which used to work fine on my previous Windows XP Home Edition. Now, on my new Windows Vista Home Edition, whenever I try running these application I get a popup saying "you need to update your DirectX to version 8.1 or higher". I checked on the DirectX I have, and it turned out to be version 10! How can I run the applications again?? Thank you...
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March 1st 08, 04:56 PM
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Applications Failing to Work on Vista Because of a DirectX Issue
Your graphics card also needs to have native support for the DirectX
software require. wrote in message ... I have a problem with few applications, which used to work fine on my previous Windows XP Home Edition. Now, on my new Windows Vista Home Edition, whenever I try running these application I get a popup saying "you need to update your DirectX to version 8.1 or higher". I checked on the DirectX I have, and it turned out to be version 10! How can I run the applications again?? Thank you...
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March 4th 08, 02:30 PM
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Applications Failing to Work on Vista Because of a DirectX Issue
On Mar 1, 9:56*pm, "JW" wrote:
Your graphics card also needs to have native support for the DirectX software wrote in message ... I have a problem with few applications, which used to work fine on my previous Windows XP Home Edition. Now, on my new Windows Vista Home Edition, whenever I try running these application I get a popup saying "you need to update your DirectX to version 8.1 or higher". I checked on the DirectX I have, and it turned out to be version 10! How can I run the applications again?? Thank you...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Rick and JW thanks to both of you. I tried all your suggestions among others but unfortunately they didn't work. After many searches, downloading and installing some "K-Lite Coded Pack" resolved the problem! Thanks again.
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March 4th 08, 03:37 PM
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Applications Failing to Work on Vista Because of a DirectX Issue
DirectX9 on Vista is an emulated version and does not contain all the recent
commands. If you download the DirectX9.0c update, DirectX9 will suddenly work fine for most applications. Full-blown: (212MB) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en This is the easiest method: Redistributables: (44MB) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en All you really need are four specific files to make most applications work. wrote in message ... On Mar 1, 9:56 pm, "JW" wrote: Your graphics card also needs to have native support for the DirectX software wrote in message ... I have a problem with few applications, which used to work fine on my previous Windows XP Home Edition. Now, on my new Windows Vista Home Edition, whenever I try running these application I get a popup saying "you need to update your DirectX to version 8.1 or higher". I checked on the DirectX I have, and it turned out to be version 10! How can I run the applications again?? Thank you...- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Rick and JW thanks to both of you. I tried all your suggestions among others but unfortunately they didn't work. After many searches, downloading and installing some "K-Lite Coded Pack" resolved the problem! Thanks again.
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