Hi Joeri, Thanks for posting this. It mirrors my experience on my test machine. So a big "fuck you" to M$. Sadly, however, it was you and not a caring individual from Emagic customer relations who posted this to the "completely-unofficial- emagic-never-come-here-and-if-they-do-it's-only-in-a-personal- capacity-list". I think I;m going to cough...bollocks...that's better. Henceforth, I will call this individual The Emagic Faceless One - EFO. Geddit? I won't give Emagic a "fuck you" - I'm far too polite, but I think it appropriate to simply say: grow up and get real. EFO, we need to know stuff like this...in good time. No offence intended, Joeri. I know you are just doing the right thing. Best, Marc > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2001 20:11:57 +0200 > From: Joeri Vankeirsbilck <joeri@...> > Subject: Re: Re: LAW-Direct X 8 install? > > > >I'm thinking of installing Direct X 8 mainly because I want to try > > >out Acid 3.0 Anyone have any conflicts with Logic (or any other > > >programs)and Direct X 8? > > James, make sure it is the latest version Directx 8a. > > I tried DirectX 8a and it crashed ALL programs that use DirectX > plugins. I tried uninstalling in 5 ways and none worked: I had to > reformat! And here's the official DX8 statement of Emagic: - DirectX 8 > Compatibility with Logic Audio > > Emagic have received a number of enquiries regarding the compatibility > of Logic Audio and DirectX 8. A number of users have reported system > crashes following the installation of DirectX 8 with several audio > applications. > > Emagic have installed and tested DirectX 8.0a as provided by > Microsoft's download sites on the following Windows systems: > > - DirectX 8.0a English / Windows ME English on an IBM Thinkpad > - DirectX 8.0a German / Windows ME German on a Pentium III Notebook - > DirectX 8.0a German / Windows 98SE German on a Pentium III Desktop > > No problems or crashes were encountered with the installations > indicated above. Logic Audio performed normally on all systems. > > In an additional test, (DirectX 8.0a English / Windows ME English on a > Pentium III Desktop) Emagic found a 100% reproducible crash in > "Kernel32.dll when starting any DirectX-compatible host software such > as Logic Audio, Cubase, or Sonar, following the DirectX 8.0a > installation. > > Microsoft's own "MSGraph" development utility - itself a DirectX > "host" - also exhibited the same crash in the Windows ME > „Kernel32.dll“ file, which affected the DirectX host software > mentioned above. Further investigations pointed to a problem with a > standard routine within the Microsoft library associated with the > "DEVENUM.DLL" Dynamic Link Library file. > > Due to the problems indicated, and further user reports regarding > similar Kernel32.dll crashes with DirectX8.0a, Emagic currently > recommends the use of DirectX 7.0a. > > Due to the fact that a DirectX update can not be uninstalled (unless a > third party utility is used - which will not work in all cases) Emagic > recommends that all users create a system backup before the > installation of any newer DirectX version. > > > > > > -- > Joeri Vankeirsbilck > joeri@... > > Belway Productions - http://www.belway.com > List-admin Logic-users/SoundD*ver-users/Logic-TDM

Marc Cooper wrote: > Sadly, however, it was you and not a caring individual from Emagic > customer relations who posted this to the "completely-unofficial- > emagic-never-come-here-and-if-they-do-it's-only-in-a-personal- > capacity-list". I think I;m going to cough...bollocks...that's better. > Henceforth, I will call this individual The Emagic Faceless One - > EFO. Geddit? Marc, please scroll up (or whatever you need to do to see previous LUG messages) and look for Markus Fritze's reply to the DX8 topic. You will find that he actually was the very first person to post that statement to the LUG. And no, it's no "unofficial" info but an official one. Sascha

> Marc, please scroll up (or whatever you need to do to see previous LUG > messages) and look for Markus Fritze's reply to the DX8 topic. > You will find that he actually was the very first person to post that > statement to the LUG. > And no, it's no "unofficial" info but an official one. Correct indeed. Also, the official statement in the form I posted it, is only just available. Bye, Joeri -- Joeri Vankeirsbilck joeri@... Belway Productions - http://www.belway.com List-admin Logic-users/SoundD*ver-users/Logic-TDM