A few cool Direct X 9 beta 1 Utilties, a must have I should say!

RadeonMAXX · May 27, 2002, 10:05 PM

Okay so you guys shouldn't have to worry now for those who installed DX 9 beta 1.

You will need a .rar extractor which you can get here.. http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

Now on to the goodies & thanks to Muieri.net for posting these proggies.

DX9_Uninstall_Pak_Win2K.rar ( by vorte[x] )
The entire package, including instructions, on uninstalling the new DirectX 9.0 Beta 1 distro.

Download DX9_Uninstall_Pak_Win2K.rar http://home.elp.rr.com/vortex2050/f...l_Pak_Win2K.rar

[New!] DX9_Uninstall_Pak_WinXP_DotNet.rar ( by GxV )
The entire package, including instructions, on uninstalling the new DirectX 9.0 Beta 1 distro. on the Windows XP and Windows.Net platforms!

Download DX9_Uninstall_Pak_WinXP_DotNet.rar http://home.elp.rr.com/vortex2050/f...inXP_DotNet.rar

[New!] DX9_Fool_Detection.rar ( by GxV )
This package contains registry scripts you can merge to enable/disable the method of fooling Windows and applications that DirectX 8.1 is installed even though DirectX 9.0 is. Very nice and a must have for stability / compatibility.

Download DX9_Fool_Detection.rar http://home.elp.rr.com/vortex2050/f...l_Detection.rar

Enjoy everybody, I will be installing DX 9 soon.

Let us know how it works out for the one who haven't installed DX 9 yet!

digitalwanderer · May 27, 2002, 10:34 PM

They look great, but the links don't work for me.

RadeonMAXX · May 27, 2002, 10:53 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by digitalwanderer
They look great, but the links don't work for me.

Doh

Try em again...

http://home.elp.rr.com/vortex2050/fi..._Pak_Win2K.rar

http://home.elp.rr.com/vortex2050/fi...nXP_DotNet.rar

http://home.elp.rr.com/vortex2050/fi..._Detection.rar

Now thy shall work!

RadeonMAXX · May 27, 2002, 11:00 PM

Also this should be posted, it's from where the files are hosted. I guess some user, it didn't work for them to well...

http://home.elp.rr.com/vortex2050/dx9/

:: Windows 2000 Uninstallation Instructions
Here are the instructions which are exactly the same as the ones included in the RAR.

vorte[x]'s DirectX 9 Beta Uninstallation
========================================

WARNING: This uninstallation method is no
where -NEAR- clean, but I have tested it
on my 2000 w/ SP2 box, and it seems to get
the job done. I take no responsibility
whatsoever on what it does to your machine
or other machines.

NOTE: This procedure is bound to fail on
Windows XP as the DirectX Eradicator program
does -NOT-, I repeat, does -NOT- support
Windows XP. Don't say I didn't warn you.

Reading past this line acknoledges that you,
the user, has read and understand fully the
precautions / warnings stated above and that
the creator of the instructions and
applications will not be held liable for any
mishaps.

-----------------------------------------

1) Reboot into safe mode.

2) Execute the DirectX Eradicator program
already included in the Eradicator folder.
I take no credit for this program. It was
developed by Firecat and you can find his
website @ (http://www.freewebz.com/firecat)

3) Reboot back into normal Windows mode.

4) Delete the Restore DirectX shortcut on the
desktop. It was meant to restore DirectX from
the Windows 2000 CD. We ain't going to do this.

5) Execute my DirectX9 cleanup batch file in
the Cleanup folder.

6) Download and reinstall Microsoft's DirectX 8.1
from http://www.microsoft.com/directx

7) Reboot to finalize DirectX install.

8) You're done. To ensure no time-bombed files
were left behind, set your date ahead one year
and try executing a direct3D / openGL application.

:: Windows XP / .NET Uninstallation Instructions
Here are the instructions which are exactly the same as the ones included in the RAR.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
<< DirectX 9 Uninstaller for XP / .NET >>
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

This uninstaller uses your original XP or .NET CD to restore your original DirectX 8 files.
Extract these files to C:\DXTEMP! You must extract these files to this directory and run
the UnDx9.bat that uninstalls the DIrectX files in SAFE MODE. Enjoy!

--GxV of #betas

Impulse · May 27, 2002, 11:15 PM

I'm gonna stick with the DX 8.1 as of right now.

RadeonMAXX · May 27, 2002, 11:17 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Impulse
I'm gonna stick with the DX 8.1 as of right now.

I agree. Uninstalling DX 9 beta may not work to well, even with a restore.

DaSnIpE · May 28, 2002, 06:32 PM

I tryed DX9 and for some reason none of my games or 3d Mark 2001 SE work, oh well, back to DX8.1, hehe.

~~Crash Override~~ · May 28, 2002, 06:56 PM

DaSnipe I made a post earlier explaining how to fix it

Its in this area of the board

DaSnIpE · May 29, 2002, 01:09 AM

Crash I can run them, they just crash and are unstable, like in 3d mark 2001 se I can't get through 10 secs of the 1st Car scene, whatever, did a nice clean boot, hehe.

~~Crash Override~~ · May 29, 2002, 03:11 AM

hmm thats really weird........runs fine on my rig....guess im lucky lol

DaSnIpE · May 29, 2002, 08:57 AM

Yea, I never had anything like it b4, oh well, I'll just wait, hehe, all the improvements I've seen are minor at best for now.