DirectX problem.

drone7 · 27th June 2000, 13:01

When I hit play on winamp, I get a dialog box saying 'DirectX 5+ not found'.
This is a recent phenomenon, as everything was cool and groovy until I installed NT 4 service pack 6a. This (I think) wound DirectX back to version 3. Uninstalling the service pack didn't help, and I can't get any version of DirectX for NT off Microsoft's web site later than 3 - unless I want to upgrade to Windows 2000, and I don't.

Anyone got any suggestions?

Thanks.

drone7 · 27th June 2000, 13:37

Oops, I had the directx output plug-in selected.

Mr Happy · 27th June 2000, 15:08

The reason you couldn't find any version of DirectX for NT4 later than 3 is that NT4 doesn't support any version of DirectX above v3. So SP6a couldn't have wound back your version to 3 because there's no way it would have been higher than v3 in the first place...

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27th June 2000, 13:01	#1
drone7 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 3	When I hit play on winamp, I get a dialog box saying 'DirectX 5+ not found'. This is a recent phenomenon, as everything was cool and groovy until I installed NT 4 service pack 6a. This (I think) wound DirectX back to version 3. Uninstalling the service pack didn't help, and I can't get any version of DirectX for NT off Microsoft's web site later than 3 - unless I want to upgrade to Windows 2000, and I don't. Anyone got any suggestions? Thanks.

27th June 2000, 13:37	#2
drone7 Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 3	Oops, I had the directx output plug-in selected.

27th June 2000, 15:08	#3
Mr Happy Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2000 Posts: 30	The reason you couldn't find any version of DirectX for NT4 later than 3 is that NT4 doesn't support any version of DirectX above v3. So SP6a couldn't have wound back your version to 3 because there's no way it would have been higher than v3 in the first place...