Cannot Install BF1942 After SP2 Upgrade

Anyone else have this problem?

After I enter my CD Key, it gives me two error boxes as follows:

First box says: String MSGBOX_NO_DDRAW_NO_VERSION was not found in string
table

Second box is titled "SEVERE" and says:
MSGBOX_NO_DDRAW_NO_VERSION(DXSetup-a)

I am clueless as to what this means

any help would be appreciated.

Hi,

That sounds similar to the directx get version error.
Maybe this will help...

How to handle a DirectXSetupGetVersion Error:

Usually when I see this error, the computer had a previous
version of Windows installed, and XP was installed on top
of the older version of Windows instead of a clean install.

As a result the setup file which the game's installer looks for
doesn't exist in the location where it's searching.

There's a way to correct this issue without reinstalling XP:

Download and install the *Complete* DirectX 9.0b from:
http://download.microsoft.com/downl...date_redist.exe

*Antivirus / Firewalls can corrupt the download and installation,
it's highly recommended you disable them during this process.

After you install DirectX, reboot your computer and try
installing the game again. If you still get the same error:

1. Search your hard drive for dsetup.dll

2. Right click each instance of the file listed / select Properties
until you find one that is version # 4.9.0.902 or 4.09.00.0902
Right click and Copy that file, we're going to paste it in Step 3.

3. Go to c:\Windows\system32, rename dsetup.dll to dsetup.old if
it exists, and then Paste the file we copied in step two into the folder.

4. Reboot, and install the game again. If you still get the error
double-check that the file was copies properly in step 3.

Well, it's a bit of work, but I hope it works out for you. Best of luck! :-)

Cheers, Windows XP MVP
Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

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"M3talSyr3n" <M3talSyr3n@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:3599A33A-F299-4B3A-9550-BD787F05D2B3@microsoft.com...
| Anyone else have this problem?
|
| After I enter my CD Key, it gives me two error boxes as follows:
|
| First box says: String MSGBOX_NO_DDRAW_NO_VERSION was not found in string
| table
|
| Second box is titled "SEVERE" and says:
| MSGBOX_NO_DDRAW_NO_VERSION(DXSetup-a)
|
| I am clueless as to what this means
|
| any help would be appreciated.
|
|