cinque8 Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 Hi,I am running Windows XP Home Edition (SP3) with 2GB of memory. I tried to d/l Microsoft DirectX SDk and got the following error message:So I go to the DXerror.log and the Directx.log files and see the following gobbily gook:Does anyone know what this stuff means and how I can fix the problem?Thanks!-cinque8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 Is this DirectX 9 or 10 you are trying to install? AFAIK only DirectX 9 will run on Windows XP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinque8 Posted April 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 I tried to download Direct X 9, and I hope that things are starting to get back to normal in Japan!-cinque8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawz7 Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 You are trying to download and install a software development kit, which as an end user you normally have no need of. DirectX9 is already part of Windows XP. If you type dxdiag in the runbox ( press Winkey and R to bring that up) it should take you to the diagnostic utility page. It might ask you if you want to check for signed drivers. Good to say yes but your choice. On the System tab (top left) it will display the version of DX that you have,it should say 9.0c. That is all you need and trying to install the SDK is a redundant exercise - unless you are developing games or applications. You can allow the utility to test all areas as described by the tabs on the top, and save the results to log ( very long) if you have a problem and want someone else to look at the log, though for most of us (me included) it is a tad too techy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinque8 Posted April 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 Pawz,Thank you for your post. Apparently this issue may be a little too "techy", in another forum that is filled with people who call themselves "geeks", not one person replied to this post. Let me start from the beginning. I recently purchased a analog to digital converter called Video 2 PC http://www.ionaudio.com/video2pc The goal was to convert old 8mm video tapes from my old analog camcorder to DVD. However, when I captured the video on my laptop the video was in black and white instead of color. So I called Video 2 tech support for help, and it was they that suggested I download Direct X 9, because there product simply does not work without it. But if you say that XP already has 9, I will take your word for it, and look somewhere else for the solution to the problem.Thanks!-cinque8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinque8 Posted April 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 Pawz7,I just ran dxiag and you are so right, I do have Direct X 9.Thanks for your post!-cinque8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawz7 Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 wish I could help with the main problem, but it is outside my orbit. If it has anything at all to do with the laptop, I would have thought it would be in the area of graphics. I recall that older desktop computers I have worked on would sometimes have a TV capture card. Maybe it is something like that you need; specialised hardware rather than software. Sorry I cannot help you further. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawz7 Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 oops ( blush) sorry, I have just looked at the link you gave and Video 2 PC is a capture device, apologies. should have looked first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cinque8 Posted April 13, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 No problem! Uh..., that's not your actual photo is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pawz7 Posted April 13, 2011 Report Share Posted April 13, 2011 its our doglet, sadly taken by cancer at only six years old. She is a lot prettier than me :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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