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Microsoft DirectX is a bundled set of Application Programming Interfaces (API) required for running many of the multimedia features in the Windows Operating System. Users of Windows Vista and Windows 7 can quickly and easily update their system to the most recent DirectX release available from the Microsoft Website. However this latest version is not backwards compatible with Windows XP, so those running XP should not update DirectX to the latest release. Windows XP users who have mistakenly downloaded the latest release can rollback to DirectX 9, which is compatible with their system. In this article you will learn how to download the latest DirectX release. Users of Windows XP will also learn how to rollback to an XP-compatible version of Microsoft DirectX. | Microsoft DirectX is a bundled set of Application Programming Interfaces (API) required for running many of the multimedia features in the Windows Operating System. Users of Windows Vista and Windows 7 can quickly and easily update their system to the most recent DirectX release available from the Microsoft Website. However this latest version is not backwards compatible with Windows XP, so those running XP should not update DirectX to the latest release. Windows XP users who have mistakenly downloaded the latest release can rollback to DirectX 9, which is compatible with their system. In this article you will learn how to download the latest DirectX release. Users of Windows XP will also learn how to rollback to an XP-compatible version of Microsoft DirectX. | ||
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# Roll back to the appropriate version of DirectX. Click "Next" again to confirm the selected date and then click "OK" to begin the restore process. You have now rolled back to the correct version of DirectX for your system. | # Roll back to the appropriate version of DirectX. Click "Next" again to confirm the selected date and then click "OK" to begin the restore process. You have now rolled back to the correct version of DirectX for your system. | ||
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== Tips == | == Tips == | ||
