[SOLVED] problems after W2K re-install

win98forever · 09-10-2009, 10:47 AM

First, I re-installed W2K and the direct X download http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...a-5c15d1d7199d doesn't seem to me to be installed. I do not know how to tell. I downloadedit, openedit and agreed to the eula, then it opned a windowasking meto choose a path so I placed it on the desktop. when it loaded it wasjust a bunch of dated folders.
did I choose the correct location to installit? is it installed? should I choose another location to install it?

second the machine does not shut all the way offanylonger. I shutsdown to it is now ok to turnoff your computer but the machine keeps running. It usedto shut all the way off. ?

KrisInFla · 09-10-2009, 11:29 AM

sounds like you only unzipped it. Look for setup.exe in that folder and click on that to begin the installation.

Good luck

**blah789** · 09-10-2009, 02:49 PM

after extracting, find the file named dxsetup.exe and run it. kris was slightly off on the file name.

win98forever · 09-11-2009, 09:09 AM

Ok it's installing. I had to reload it apparently the first time I opened it it was corrupted.

The other issue of it not shutting all the way down was fixed by me shutting off Automatic updates and using manually the MS update link in Start. It downloaded the Rollup 1 for SP4 and now that works.
So It seems solved. I'll come back and mark the thread when It finishes loading DirectX.

Thank You KrisInFla and Blah79

09-10-2009, 10:47 AM	#1 (permalink)
win98forever Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 113 OS: w2k	[SOLVED] problems after W2K re-install First, I re-installed W2K and the direct X download http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...a-5c15d1d7199d doesn't seem to me to be installed. I do not know how to tell. I downloadedit, openedit and agreed to the eula, then it opned a windowasking meto choose a path so I placed it on the desktop. when it loaded it wasjust a bunch of dated folders. did I choose the correct location to installit? is it installed? should I choose another location to install it? second the machine does not shut all the way offanylonger. I shutsdown to it is now ok to turnoff your computer but the machine keeps running. It usedto shut all the way off. ?

09-10-2009, 11:29 AM	#2 (permalink)
KrisInFla Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 18 OS: Vista Ult X64, Win XP Pro SP3 and 2K Pro SP4	Re: problems after W2K re-install sounds like you only unzipped it. Look for setup.exe in that folder and click on that to begin the installation. Good luck

09-10-2009, 02:49 PM	#3 (permalink)
blah789 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2,266 OS: Windows 2000 SP4 and Windows XP SP3	Re: problems after W2K re-install after extracting, find the file named dxsetup.exe and run it. kris was slightly off on the file name.

09-11-2009, 09:09 AM	#4 (permalink)
win98forever Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 113 OS: w2k	Re: problems after W2K re-install Ok it's installing. I had to reload it apparently the first time I opened it it was corrupted. The other issue of it not shutting all the way down was fixed by me shutting off Automatic updates and using manually the MS update link in Start. It downloaded the Rollup 1 for SP4 and now that works. So It seems solved. I'll come back and mark the thread when It finishes loading DirectX. Thank You KrisInFla and Blah79