Please carefully follow the instruction in the dialogue box of the DirectX 6.0 installation programme. Insert your Windows 95 set-up disk or CD as requested. Reboot your Windows 95 according to the instructions.

Normally the DirectX installer will refuse to install if it detects that you already have the latest version of DirectX installed. This makes it a pain in the ass to fix a broken DirectX installation. Luckily, there is a small workaround to trick the DirectX installer into a full re-installation. Run the Codec Tweak Tool. It has a fix for broken audio (Midi, WaveOut). It will restore some missing registry keys. See similar questions...

The main difference between DirectX? 8.0 and DirectX? 8.1 is in the pixel shader and vertex shader specifications. DirectX? 8.1 pixel shaders provide more texture inputs, larger maximum program length, and unlimited texture addressing modes. Certain bugs found in DirectX? 8.0 have been fixed in DirectX? 8.1. Yes. The Radeon™ 8500LE supports all features available in DirectX? 8.1 by implementing OpenGL? extensions. See similar questions...

Wine itself provides a DirectX implementation that, although it has a few bugs left, should run fine. Wine supports DirectX 9.0c at this time. Plans for DirectX 10 are underway. If you attempt to install Microsoft's DirectX, you will run into problems. It is not recommended nor supported by Wine HQ to attempt this. You can install the runtime, but it will not run. The runtime needs access to the Windows drivers, and Wine cannot access them for obvious reasons. See similar questions...

Most Voodoo cards can't support large textures or textures with translucent pixels, so graphics quality will be lower. But framerates should be better. You can still use SDL mode if you prefer, by using the "/sdl" command line option. This keeps the graphics at full quality, but because it's software based, it's not as fast as DirectX mode. Try deleting 'dwi2.rec', 'dwi2.sng', 'dwi2.cfg', and 'dwi2.inp'. These files may be corrupted or out-of-date. See similar questions...

Yes you can - go to http://www.microsoft.com/directx and follow the links to the DirectX Core Components as these are the only ones you can install on Windows 98, or just load up Windows Updated and download it from there. No, but Microsoft Plus! 98-a separate package of enhancements and extras for Windows 98-includes McAfee antivirus software and six months of updates. See similar questions...

SimAQUARIUM uses your 3D video card through Direct3D API. Support for Direct3D is provided by Microsoft's DirectX drivers. Virtually all modern games for the PC require DirectX. It provides a consistent programming interface to a wide variety of graphics cards and enables game programmers to reach the widest audience. So the solution is to make sure that you have a complete and up-to-date set of DirectX components. To download the latest version from Microsoft, go to their DirectX download page: See similar questions...

Some Voodoo card drivers don't seem to create textures of the right size for some reason. Try running DWI with the '/v5hack' command line option. See similar questions...

There are improvements over DirectX 8.1, but most users will do fine with running 8.1. Future games and hardware will obviously take better advantage of DirectX 9. See similar questions...

Ladybug Mixer supports the latest DirectX 9.0c (2004 Summer Upgrade, 7/26/2004). To use Shader Model 3.0 or 2.0x, the DX9.0c is required. Although DX9.0b is supported, we suggest that you upgrade to DX9.0c for better performance and video quality. DX9.0c is pre-installed on Windows XP SP2 and Vista. See similar questions...

Log::Log4perl is fully supported on the Win32 platform. It has been tested with Activestate perl 5.6.1 under Windows 98 and rumor has it that it also runs smoothly on all other major flavors (Windows NT, 2000, XP, etc.). It also runs nicely with ActiveState 5.8.0, and, believe me, we had to jump through some major hoops for that. Typically, Win32 systems don't have the make utility installed, so the standard perl Makefile.PL; make install on the downloadable distribution won't work. See similar questions...

No, as mentioned on ActiveWin a long time ago, the Digital Sound System 80 has been discontinued by Microsoft, so as they tend to do, there will not be any new software coming out for it...so you are basically stuck with the speakers working in analog mode. See similar questions...

In order to view the Virtual City using either the Netscape Navigator plug-in or Microsoft Internet Explorer ActiveX control, you need to install the DirectX support for your basic Windows 95 Operation System. Please follow the links in the Virtual City home page for the links to the download site. Or check out here for DirectX 6.0 drivers download information. See similar questions...

Microsoft® DirectX® is a group of technologies designed for creating games and other high-performance multimedia applications. It includes support for 2D and 3D graphics, sound, music, input devices, and support for networked applications such as multiplayer games. See similar questions...

Microsoft is promoting the .NET Framework to all their developers, so new applications are being created every day. Soon there will be a plethora of products and services that require the .NET Framework. Microsoft has said that they will include the .NET Framework in future versions of Windows. By installing it now, you will be ready for the new generation of applications as they become available. See similar questions...

Microsoft .NET is a part of the system that supports modern software, similar to the "Java virtual machine". With Windows XP SP2, .NET 1.1 is pre-installed. With Microsoft Vista, .NET 2.0 will come pre-installed. Many modern programs require .NET to run, although 2.0 is quite new. Since .NET 2.0 is basically a "sub-system" it is not going to affect your system or other software unless you run a .NET program. See similar questions...

First, you'll need the "redistributable runtime" to be packaged with your game - that's basically the files that make up a given version of DirectX for gamers, you'll find them in the SDK. Then you can use DirectSetup to handle all the rest for you. See similar questions...