DirectX 9.0c

[ihatecatsCHUNK]

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.

[ripken204]

the install downloads the data? from where, the internet? if so then you need to make sure that you didnt take out your internet(ethernet) drivers.

[Hollenthon]

What DX9c file do you use??

To me itsound like youhav the online installatione file and not the redistributle(offline) version.

[hulkviper]

Dx9 offline install

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details...e7-cc576822aed4

[ihatecatsCHUNK]

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.

[ihatecatsCHUNK]

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!

[nuhi]

Ok reason enough to keep that file.

It was removed with the 16bit support, won't be in the next version.