# Windows XP and DirectX 9.0

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-xp-and-directx-9-0/156336>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [February 20, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-xp-and-directx-9-0/156336 "2003-02-20T15:34:21Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Stupendous\_man](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a8b319/32.png) [@Stupendous\_man](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stupendous_man)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-xp-and-directx-9-0/156336/1 "2003-02-20T15:34:21Z")

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I have a problem installing Directx 9.0 on Windows XP. WHen I try, it pops upa box telling me that it won’t install it because it has not passed Windows Logo Testing for compatability with XP. I find this odd, given that the file came from Microsoft itself. I have seen others on the net have this problem but no solutions have been given.

So, how can I install this, or better yet, how can I disable Windows Logo Testing?

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**Author:** ![UnwrittenNocturne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/6de8d8/32.png) [@UnwrittenNocturne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/UnwrittenNocturne)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-xp-and-directx-9-0/156336/2 "2003-02-20T15:47:39Z")

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Windows seriously needs a ‘piss-off I will configure this manually myself’ option. I know that won’t help, but I rarely use it -best of luck anyway.

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 4:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-xp-and-directx-9-0/156336/3 "2003-02-20T16:01:47Z")

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Are you installing it via the “Windows Update” tool in IE, or via an executable that you downloaded?

Whichever way you tried, maybe try the other way.

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**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\
**Post date:** [February 20, 2003, 4:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/windows-xp-and-directx-9-0/156336/4 "2003-02-20T16:23:02Z")

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OK, I wrote the above without actually knowing if it CAN be installed via “Windows Update” in IE, I just assumed. If you can’t and have been going nuts trying, sorry.