RE: [GD-Windows] directx installer

[Philip T. <pt...@mi...>]

when its released, the DX 8.1 redist retail installer will install no =
retail bits on WXP, since WXP has 8.1 retail built-in.

if you arent using our installer, or DXSetup APIs, you can detect WXP =
and do nothing for DX 8.1.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Andrew [mailto:an...@aw...]
> Sent: Friday, October 26, 2001 8:49 AM
> To: gam...@li...
> Subject: [GD-Windows] directx installer
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> hiya!
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> so we gotta have some detection in our installer so we can=20
> decide whether to
> install the win2k DX file or the
> win95/98/me version...sorta sucks but I put it in there...
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> now what about windowsXP?  According to MSDN its windows=20
> version 5.1(win2k
> is version 5.0 and win9x/me is version 4.x)... so it looks=20
> like windowsXP
> will use the win2k DX installer
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> can anybody confirm? :))
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> Andrew
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