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"bartman" <bartman@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Could someone please explain to me how DirectX 9.0c and 10 are related to
> each other? I understand DirectX10 is what ships with Vista and there are
> no
> new versions of this. I read some system requirements on programs that
> state
> 9.0c MUST be installed for their software to work and that 9.0c is NEWER
> than
> version 10.
>
> I had one software package that ran like a turtle until I installed 9.0c
> then it worked perfectly.
>
> Is this a case where software companies who had an XP program than made it
> work for "Vista" didn't really do what should have been done to make it
> work
> under DirectX 10 so it needed, what appears to be, a backwards step with
> 9.0c?
>
> I asked the software company and they said they have their program working
> under both an XP machine with DirectX 9 and a Vista machine with DirectX
> 10
> with no differences. They suggest my install of 10 was no good and by
> putting in 9.0c it corrected the problem, but if my install was bad
> wouldn't
> Vista have been giving me issues in general?
>
> So I am confused as to what DirectX i really have and how these two
> related
> to each other, if at all. Can someone enlighten me on this please?
>
> Bart