Re: After XP Auto update, directX version was 8 not 9!
Steve wrote:
> A couple of days after allowing an auto update I was having minor
> problems – so, don’t know why, I checked my directx version (ran
> dxdiag) it showed version 8.1 and I know I had updated to 9.0b ages
> ago. Luckily I had kept the 9.0b installation files, so a re-upgrade
> to 9.0b was not a problem.
>
> So, good people, check your version of DirectX after an auto update –
> sometimes it seems it goes backwards!
> A couple of days after allowing an auto update I was having minor
> problems – so, don’t know why, I checked my directx version (ran
> dxdiag) it showed version 8.1 and I know I had updated to 9.0b ages
> ago. Luckily I had kept the 9.0b installation files, so a re-upgrade
> to 9.0b was not a problem.
>
> So, good people, check your version of DirectX after an auto update –
> sometimes it seems it goes backwards!
Uhm..
DirectX itself is not a critical update, so using the Auto-Update feature,
it would not be affected.
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