Direct X

[Trey Turner]

I recently purchased the new MOTO GP2 disk that contained
DirectX 9.0. When trying to load this new version of
DirectX, I recieved the 'No Windows Logo, Driver not
digitally signed' compatibility warning as the load
aborted. My first question is how does a game that
doesn't/hasn't pass the Windows logo requirements have
access to DirectX 9.0? When I later went to the WINDOWS
UPDATE website and downloaded the original 9.0 from its
creator, Microsoft, the same compatibility warning
displayed as the load once again aborted. How do I
obtain a version of DirectX 9.0 that will boot? Thanks
for any help in advance.

[Ronnie Vernon MVP]

Trey Turner wrote:
> I recently purchased the new MOTO GP2 disk that contained
> DirectX 9.0. When trying to load this new version of
> DirectX, I recieved the 'No Windows Logo, Driver not
> digitally signed' compatibility warning as the load
> aborted. My first question is how does a game that
> doesn't/hasn't pass the Windows logo requirements have
> access to DirectX 9.0? When I later went to the WINDOWS
> UPDATE website and downloaded the original 9.0 from its
> creator, Microsoft, the same compatibility warning
> displayed as the load once again aborted. How do I
> obtain a version of DirectX 9.0 that will boot? Thanks
> for any help in advance.

Trey

Open Windows Explorer and navigate to the c:\windows\system32\Catroot2
folder. Right click and rename this folder to Catrrot2 old.

Go to start/Run, type: services.msc and press OK. Navigate down to the
"Cryptographic Services" and double click it. Set the Properties to
Automatic and Start the service.

Try the installation again from the Windows Update website.

--
Ronnie Vernon
Microsoft MVP
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[Peter Hutchison]

On Wed, 16 Jul 2003 11:22:00 -0700, "Michael" >
wrote:

>I have recently purchased a new P4 2.2 gig Dell and am
>trying to load some older games requiring direct x 5 and
>windows 95. I went to the direct x site and downloaded
>direct x 9. However when Itried to install the game only
>direct x 2 was found on my system. Can anyone help with
>this problem and let me know what Imight be doing wrong.
>Thanx, Michael

DirectX 8.1 is backward compatible with DX 5,6,7 and 8.
Load up DXDIAG and at the bottom it should say:

DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0a (4.09.0000.0901)

or something similar. Never heard of DX 2!!!

If a game requests an old DX then ignore it and continue to install.
If it won't install, use compatibility mode instead.

Peter Hutchison
Windows FAQ
http://www.pcguru.plus.com/