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  1. Jul 7th, 2004, 03:15 AM #1
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    Downgrading Direct X?

    I understood that when i installed DirextX 9.0b before i couldnt Un-install it. It didnt however mention downgrading.

    As with the problems i have been facing, old drivers etc, i decided to Download DirectX 8 and install that over 9.0

    I did it with no warning or anything, only thing is in dxDiag it still shows that im using DirectX 9.0

    Bah i hate Microsoft!

    Any ideas anyone?
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  2. Jul 7th, 2004, 07:42 AM #2
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    You can't downgrade Direct X afaik.
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  3. Jul 8th, 2004, 03:37 AM #3
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    B*****d!

    Looks like another possible format
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  4. Jul 8th, 2004, 08:56 AM #4
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    Old drivers shouldn't matter to it though, because it is backwards compatable.
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  6. Jul 8th, 2004, 10:24 AM #5
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    well apparently my Drivers are too old for DirectX 9

    I downloaded this thing called "DirectX Eradicator" which claims to Un-install the core files, didnt work.
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  7. Jul 8th, 2004, 10:26 AM #6
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    Yeah it won't. DirectX changes core Windows files so Windows can use DirectX's features to render things, you can't get rid of it and you can't downgrade it.
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  8. Jul 8th, 2004, 10:57 AM #7
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    There service is poor then, they could of have a BOLD WARNING explaining possible problems.

    Oh well, thanks anyway dude
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  9. Jul 10th, 2004, 12:18 AM #8
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    I've only ever seen this problem once before, tis very odd... Try getting newer drivers to fix it either fromt he official sources or www.driverguide.com
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  11. Jul 10th, 2004, 04:23 AM #9
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    I already tried that thank pal, i need to be running DirectX 7 in order for my now redundant drivers to work with games.
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