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Re: DirectX messes with games

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From: curvis
Date: Tue, 08 Jun 1999 00:00
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I've got the same thing going on with my game. Hehe....tough luck, eh? I
don't know the problem either. I also have dx6.0. Is your game original
though?
Ari P. Korhonen <haapatie.19@pp.inet.fi> wrote in message
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> Hi!
>
> I installed NBA Live '99 and with the CD-ROM came DirectX 6.0. During
> installation the program promted that I should install DX6 since I had
> antiquated one already installed. After that it said I should restart my
> computer and I did. But installation never continued after rebooting. I
> thought 'what the heck' and tried to run NBA Live from the shortcut on
> desktop. The logo appeared a-OK but immediately preceeding a window that
> informs me of an Internet-connection being opened! After that the game
> crashes and notifies that dialing should not be executed while running
> some DirectX-components.
>
> Now, I know that DX6 uses electronical registeration and I believe that
> the program got stuck while attempting to registerate. Therefore I'm
> asking if anyone knows how to uninstall DX6? Or if my problem is due to
> some other factors please let me know!!
>
> Ari P. Korhonen
>
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From: "curvis" <curvis@pd.jaring.my>
Subject: Re: DirectX messes with games
Date: 1999/06/08
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