Subj : Last DirectX for WinXP SP3 x86? 9.0c or 9.0d? To : All From : greegor47@gmail.com Date : Thu Jan 31 2019 07:14 pm Received: by 10.66.85.166 with SMTP id i6mr4742005paz.13.1354217419816; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:30:19 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.50.213.33 with SMTP id np1mr8841965igc.3.1354217419752; Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:30:19 -0800 (PST) Path: eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!mx04.eternal-september.org!fee der.eternal-september.org!news.glorb.com!kr7no5567569pbb.0!news-out.google.com! 6ni17871pbd.1!nntp.google.com!kr7no5567564pbb.0!postnews.google.com!i7g2000pbf. googlegroups.com!not-for-mail Newsgroups: alt.windows-xp,alt.os.windows-xp,microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment,mi crosoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support,microsoft.public.windowsxp.general Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 11:30:19 -0800 (PST) Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: i7g2000pbf.googlegroups.com; posting-host=199.189.229.221; posting-account=5SXNEQkAAAC6SFadCHPE9O-jLMHq7h-Y NNTP-Posting-Host: 199.189.229.221 References: <5a5d2214-342b-4c2c-a655-ea2e21bbb34c@qi8g2000pbb.googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1; Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152; .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C),gzip(gfe) Message-ID: Subject: Last DirectX for WinXP SP3 x86? 9.0c or 9.0d? From: Greegor Injection-Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2012 19:30:19 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Xref: mx04.eternal-september.org alt.windows-xp:3915 alt.os.windows-xp:5339 microsoft.public.windowsxp.setup_deployment:2393 microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support:30767 microsoft.public.windowsxp.general:105631 G > When I went to find the latest DirectX it appeared G > that 9.0c was the last "vintage" for WinXP. DHL > Why are you Multi-Posting to all those news DHL > groups and not one is a m.p.directx.* news DHL > group ? They exist! DHL > For example: DHL > What does m.p.windowsxp.setup_deployment DHL > have to with an update of an OS sub-component ? G > What would Windows XP setup and deployment G > have to do with setting up a Microsoft windows G > component called DirectX? G > Surely you jest. DHL > This is NOT a case of [you] installing DHL > Windows XP from scratch nor deploying DHL > WinXP in an evironment. Perhaps not in the traditional IT sense of operating a corporate update server and pushing everything from there to each machine... However, I'm trying to build an ideal "master" for cloning to my little "fleet" of identical OEM computers. DHL > You are discussing updating a DHL > sub-component of WinXP (that happens DHL > to exist in multiple OS versions ) and DHL > thus m.p.windowsxp.setup_deployment DHL > is not a valid news group. Even if it were not as extremely OS dependent as it is, I would still disagree with your view. G > Every usenet group on the list is about Windows XP. DHL > That doesn't make it correct to post to all DHL > of them and you failed to even post in the DHL > m.p.directx.* hierarchy. If you are going to DHL > discuss DirectX under XP [then] look under DHL > m.p.directx.* for an appropriate news group. Perhaps you are approaching this as a software developer based on the platform this creates. You suggest approaching it beginning as a platform. I am approaching this as a user and see it only as a necessity extension of WinXP for general functionality. If somebody is trying to build a good general-purpose master system to clone, you would force them to go to specific usenet groups for each of the little extensions like Adobe, Java, Codecs, MSE, etc. Aren't you being a rediculous purist in that sense? The hierarchy options under microsoft.public.directx: graphics audio video misc input_devices and app_compat ( last post May 7 2010 ) ( d3dx9_38.dll was discussed in 2008 relative to 64 bit XP ) ( D3D9D.dll on XP was apparently only a DEBUG version, in SDK.) G > As I assume you KNOW, Windows XP support is G > coming to a close next year. DHL > That's a moot point. I disagree. I think that's a GIGANTIC point! G > On top of that, usenet newsgroups have been G > collapsing for lack of use. Usenet itself is fading as well. G > G > Rounding up the last and best versions of G > Windows installs and updates should be of G > interest to anybody associated with Windows XP. G > G > If you're going to just walk away from Windows XP G > then why would you care about these issues? Context restored at no charge. Thanks for your help, David. Apparently the DXDIAG.EXE utility is in C:/WINDOWS/System32 and shows that WinXP Pro SP3 x86 has 9.0c as standard. I made the mistake before of searching for DXDIAG using the built in SEARCH for files function which was not indexing system and hidden files. I'm working on that. --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.1 * Origin: Prison Board BBS Mesquite Tx //telnet.RDFIG.NET www. (1:124/5013) .