DirectX 8.0 question.
By installing DirectX 8. 0 (Windows 2000) do I override the Livewire 3. 0 DirectX 7. 0 drivers correct? So in other terms you don't need to download Livewire 3. 0 drivers for DirectX because it's already supplied with Direct 8.
By installing DirectX 8.0 (Windows 2000) do I override the Livewire 3.0 DirectX 7.0 drivers correct? So in other terms you don't need to download Livewire 3.0 drivers for DirectX because it's already supplied with Direct 8.0 right?
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Not quite accurate - in fact, afaik, not accurate at all 
DirectX8 installs MS's files that permit d3d, directdraw, directsound, directinput, etc... but do not update device drivers for individual components (e.g. sound cards, video cards, mouse drivers, etc...). If you haven't done it already, install DirectX8 and then LW3 for Win2k because the DX8 install does something funky to the directsound settings (if you have a voice modem, suddenly it becomes listed as the primary sound device). After that, install LW3 for Win2k and make sure that SB Live Wave Device is listed as the preferred playback device in control panel/sounds and multimedia/audio.
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92% of the things we worry about don't happen - but the other 8% DO!
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... and a bunch of USB Stuff
Windows 2000 Pro Retail
DirectX8 installs MS's files that permit d3d, directdraw, directsound, directinput, etc... but do not update device drivers for individual components (e.g. sound cards, video cards, mouse drivers, etc...). If you haven't done it already, install DirectX8 and then LW3 for Win2k because the DX8 install does something funky to the directsound settings (if you have a voice modem, suddenly it becomes listed as the primary sound device). After that, install LW3 for Win2k and make sure that SB Live Wave Device is listed as the preferred playback device in control panel/sounds and multimedia/audio.
------------------
Shrink
92% of the things we worry about don't happen - but the other 8% DO!
PIII 650@850
BE6-II Mobo with 196 mb ram
20 gig Quantum KX 8 gig Quantum CR
SBlive Value
Voodooo3 3000 AGP
... and a bunch of USB Stuff
Windows 2000 Pro Retail
