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I guess I fixed my own problem! It turns out that user.exe was not on my nLited WinXP install, so I just copied it from a full install on a seperate partition. I tested it with a WoW install, and it works! Yay!

I tried the offline install, the networking drivers aren't to blame. I get this error: An internal system error occurred. Please refer to DXEerror.log and DirectX.log in your Windows folder to determine problem. The DirectX log says: 09/26/06 12:51:18: dsetup32: === SetupForDirectX() start === 09/26/06 12:51:18: dsetup32: Jul 28 2006 08:45:06 09/26/06 12:51:18: dsetup32: DXSetupCommand = 0. 09/26/06 12:51:18: DXSetup: DSetupCallback(): Phase = 0, Steps = 0 09/26/06 12:51:18: dsetup32: DirectXSetupIsJapanese == 0 09/26/06 12:51:18: dsetup32: DirectXSetupIsJapanNec == 0 09/26/06 12:51:18: dsetup32: Installing on WinXP 09/26/06 12:51:18: dsetup32: IsWow64(): not Wow64 process. 09/26/06 12:51:18: dsetup32: GetFileVersionInfoBlock(): Unable to get FileVersionInfoSize, file: C:\WINDOWS\System32\user.exe, reason: 1812. 09/26/06 12:51:20: DXSetup: DSetupCallback(): Phase = 0, Steps = 0 09/26/06 12:51:20: dsetup32: start finalizing: phase: 0 - 0, total: 0 - 0 09/26/06 12:51:20: DXSetup: DSetupCallback(): Phase = 3, Steps = 0 09/26/06 12:51:20: dsetup32: Installation ended with value -9 = Internal or unsupported error 09/26/06 12:54:52: DXSetup: WM_APP_ENDINSTALL 09/26/06 12:54:52: DXSetup: ~CDXWSetup() Judging from the log, perhaps "C:\WINDOWS\System32\user.exe" was modified by nLite. I'll look into it, please post in the meantime.

Dear fellow nLiters, I have been spending several weeks attempting to install DirectX 9.0c on this computer, which is running a stripped-down version of WinXP Professional Build 0. The installer downloads the necessary data and then fails, yet when I try it off of the same disc on another partition with nothing removed, it is successful. What could I have removed that is critical to install DirectX? I have only removed things like the Luna theme and IE, nothing that one would think could potentially compromise a DirectX install. I have also attempted to scour this parallel installation for data pertinent to DirectX and transfer it to the stripped-down version of WinXP, but I can't imagine it ever being fully transfered or configured to run from a different partition with its resources in different places. Thank you.