Does DirectX require .NET Framework 1.1 ??

[Blithe]

Re: W2k (SP4)
Background:
I upgraded my Video card with ATI Radeon 9550.
The ATI configuration software that was bundled with it reports that
"DirextX is not properly installed" & recommends that I "re-install DirectX
8.1 or later."

Issues:
(1) I just spent a few days getting .NET Framework 2.0 to install properly
by running a MS cleanup utility that deleted older Framework versions and
all the litter from repeated failed attempts to install ver. 2.0
(Microsoft's support websites that described Framework ver. 1.1 indicated it
was optional but ver. 2.0 - as described, read like an enhancement of the
W2K OS and, furthermore, did not require the earlier version)

(2) The gurus I read from Google hits, however, indicate there's no way to
uninstall DirectX & when I tried to install DirectX ver.9 the logs reported
error "0x80070005 Access denied" (almost a replay of failed Framework 2.0
installs)

(3) Oddly, the install log for the DirectX install was looking for Framework
1.1 files. Why do you suppose??

Do I throw in the towel at this point? These MS updates are really too much
work when they repeatedly fail. My multimedia is satisfactory and W2K may
be too old for all the digital transfusions that MS Update keeps trying to
inject.

What do you think?

 

[Dave Patrick]

Try asking them here. x-posted toublic.directx.misc

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:
| Re: W2k (SP4)
| Background:
| I upgraded my Video card with ATI Radeon 9550.
| The ATI configuration software that was bundled with it reports that
| "DirextX is not properly installed" & recommends that I "re-install
DirectX
| 8.1 or later."
|
| Issues:
| (1) I just spent a few days getting .NET Framework 2.0 to install properly
| by running a MS cleanup utility that deleted older Framework versions and
| all the litter from repeated failed attempts to install ver. 2.0
| (Microsoft's support websites that described Framework ver. 1.1 indicated
it
| was optional but ver. 2.0 - as described, read like an enhancement of the
| W2K OS and, furthermore, did not require the earlier version)
|
| (2) The gurus I read from Google hits, however, indicate there's no way to
| uninstall DirectX & when I tried to install DirectX ver.9 the logs
reported
| error "0x80070005 Access denied" (almost a replay of failed Framework 2.0
| installs)
|
| (3) Oddly, the install log for the DirectX install was looking for
Framework
| 1.1 files. Why do you suppose??
|
| Do I throw in the towel at this point? These MS updates are really too
much
| work when they repeatedly fail. My multimedia is satisfactory and W2K may
| be too old for all the digital transfusions that MS Update keeps trying to
| inject.
|
| What do you think?
|
|
|
|
|
|

 

[Mark Blain]

Re: W2k (SP4)
Background:
I upgraded my Video card with ATI Radeon 9550.
The ATI configuration software that was bundled with it reports that
"DirextX is not properly installed" & recommends that I "re-install
DirectX 8.1 or later."

Issues:
(1) I just spent a few days getting .NET Framework 2.0 to install
properly by running a MS cleanup utility that deleted older Framework
versions and all the litter from repeated failed attempts to install
ver. 2.0 (Microsoft's support websites that described Framework ver.
1.1 indicated it was optional but ver. 2.0 - as described, read like
an enhancement of the W2K OS and, furthermore, did not require the
earlier version)

(2) The gurus I read from Google hits, however, indicate there's no
way to uninstall DirectX & when I tried to install DirectX ver.9 the
logs reported error "0x80070005 Access denied" (almost a replay of
failed Framework 2.0 installs)

(3) Oddly, the install log for the DirectX install was looking for
Framework 1.1 files. Why do you suppose??

Do I throw in the towel at this point? These MS updates are really
too much work when they repeatedly fail. My multimedia is
satisfactory and W2K may be too old for all the digital transfusions
that MS Update keeps trying to inject.

What do you think?

I'm running Windows 2000 SP4 and DirectX 9.0C. I rebuilt it from scratch
last month after a hard drive failure and all updates loaded perfectly. I
did not allow Windows Update to install .NET Framework since I don't use
any programs that require it.

You can check and test DirectX with C:\WINNT\system32\dxdiag.exe.
Another place to ask would be the microsoft.public.dotnet.framework groups.