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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?
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?