DX9 and the DX control panel applet.....

Rayder · Dec 21, 2002, 11:47 AM

After I installed the DX9 redistributable, and I looked in the DX diagnostic, it said that the control panel applet is old and may cause problems.

Well, I haven't noticed any problems, so to speak, but I'm wondering if there is one specific to DX9 I could get somewhere. I did a search on Google, but all I could find was the older DX8 applet.....

As it is right now, I just pulled the file from windows/system just be be safe.

Any ideas anyone? Do you think I should just ignore the "warning" in DXdiag?

Zarathustra · Dec 21, 2002, 02:42 PM

There shouldn't be any problems at all assuming you only use dxdiag to view file versions and whatnot and don't change settings.

Rayder · Dec 21, 2002, 09:19 PM

Uhhh...I think I may have been unclear about what I was talking about, insomnia is getting the better of me.

I mean that little applet in the control panel that was originally for directx8, you know, that .cpl file that that had to be manually inserted into window/system that let you slide the debug levels up and down? DXdiag says it's out of date and may cause problems now that I'm at DX9.

To tell you the truth, I didn't even know I COULD change anything within DXdiag, I just thought it was an information listing.

I guess it's not THAT important, when I looked at it, it said all the debug levels were turned all the way down anyway. I was just wondering about it. Is it useless now?

Louie6666 · Dec 22, 2002, 02:06 AM

Dx Diag is that util...that you have to tweak to get in control panel (just cosmetic)....just goto run box & type dxdiag(its the same for 8 or 9)....and the tests are updated for DX9

Just had thought have you installed final build of DX9 as the betas give error messages compalining about files not been final or retail..

Dec 21, 2002, 11:47 AM	#1
Rayder Mostly lurking lately.... Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 2,160 Rep Power: 71	DX9 and the DX control panel applet..... After I installed the DX9 redistributable, and I looked in the DX diagnostic, it said that the control panel applet is old and may cause problems. Well, I haven't noticed any problems, so to speak, but I'm wondering if there is one specific to DX9 I could get somewhere. I did a search on Google, but all I could find was the older DX8 applet..... As it is right now, I just pulled the file from windows/system just be be safe. Any ideas anyone? Do you think I should just ignore the "warning" in DXdiag?

Dec 22, 2002, 02:06 AM	#4
Louie6666 Just One Sick-Lizard Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Bristol, UK Posts: 502 Rep Power: 0	Dx Diag is that util...that you have to tweak to get in control panel (just cosmetic)....just goto run box & type dxdiag(its the same for 8 or 9)....and the tests are updated for DX9 Just had thought have you installed final build of DX9 as the betas give error messages compalining about files not been final or retail.. __________________

Dec 21, 2002, 02:42 PM	#2
Zarathustra Elite Bastard Join Date: May 2002 Location: The Confederacy Posts: 841 Rep Power: 0	There shouldn't be any problems at all assuming you only use dxdiag to view file versions and whatnot and don't change settings.

Dec 21, 2002, 09:19 PM	Thread Starter #3
Rayder Mostly lurking lately.... Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 2,160 Rep Power: 71	Uhhh...I think I may have been unclear about what I was talking about, insomnia is getting the better of me. I mean that little applet in the control panel that was originally for directx8, you know, that .cpl file that that had to be manually inserted into window/system that let you slide the debug levels up and down? DXdiag says it's out of date and may cause problems now that I'm at DX9. To tell you the truth, I didn't even know I COULD change anything within DXdiag, I just thought it was an information listing. I guess it's not THAT important, when I looked at it, it said all the debug levels were turned all the way down anyway. I was just wondering about it. Is it useless now?