Cameras
Camcorders
Cell Phones
Components
Desktops
HDTV
Home Theater
GPS
Laptops
Monitors
MP3 Players
Networking &
Printers
Storage
WiFi Finder
Locate wireless services by a specific address, city, state, country, airport, or zip code.
Blogs
- Living with Windows is a whole lot easier with the tips, tools, and techniques from Contributing Editor Scott Dunn's bottomless bag of tricks.
Subscribe to this blog
Windows Tips
Which DirectX Version?
Many graphics-intensive applications require that you have a recent version of Microsoft's DirectX installed. DirectX enhances your PC's video and audio output to display so-called 3D graphics and produce enhanced sound. To find out which version of DirectX is installed on a Windows 98 PC, search the C: drive for the file dxtool.exe. When you find the file, double-click it to see the version displayed at the top of the dialog box. If you don't find dxtool.exe, either DirectX is not installed on your PC or your version uses the DirectX Diagnostic Tool.
In that case--or if you have a later Windows version--choose Start, Run, type dxdiag, and press Enter to launch the utility. On the first tab (System), you'll see your DirectX version listed near the bottom of the window (see FIGURE 3). Not satisfied with that version? Go to Microsoft.com to download a more recent version, or click the Help button at the bottom of the window to get more information. Satisfied? Make a note of the number and click Exit.
Send your Windows-related questions and tips to scott_dunn@pcworld.com. Windows Tips pays $50 for published items. Scott Dunn is a PC World contributing editor.
- « Prev
- Page 4 of 4
Acer Laptop Center
Full Windows 7 coverage
- Great year-end deals
for small business! -
Get 24/7 live remote AT&T Tech Support 360* service along with select Lenovo* PCs (with Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processors) and save up to 200!
-
HP EliteBook* 6930p Notebook with Intel® vPro™ technology and a free HP Basic Docking Station - $641 instant savings!
- *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. ©2009 Intel Corporation. Intel, the Intel logo, vPro and Core trademarks of Intel Corporation in the United States and other countries. All rights reserved.
Focus on Personal Productivitysponsored by Microsoft
- Personal Finance 2.0 These free and fee-based Web services not only aggregate data from your online bank accounts, they give you tools for managing your money.
- High-Tech Travel Tips Plenty of stories provide advice for elite mobile professionals. But what about you, the unproductive traveler?
-
People who read this also read:
Best Prices on Antivirus Software
Norton Antivirus 2010 (Full Product, 1 User)Price: $17.90
Anti-virus 2010 (OEM Product, 1 User)Price: $20.99
AntiVirus 2010 (Full Product)Price: $24.95
Norton AntiVirus 2009 (Full Product)Price: $16.89
AntiVirus Plus 2010 - 3 Users (Full Product)Price: $11.95
Norton Antivirus 2010 (Full Product, 3 Users)Price: $38.50
All PC World Blogs
- Best-of-Breed Online Backup Memopal Gives You More For Your Money (Or No Money) Get 3GB free online backup with excellent backup utility Memopal.
- The '00s: A Decade In Tech PC World's editors take a look back at the past decade's greatest tech breakthroughs and setbacks.
- Google's Nexus One Details: What We Know So Far For all that we know about the Google phone, its business model -- arguably the most interesting thing about it – remains a big question mark.
- Outage: BlackBerry Users May Be Upset, But Have Few Options The second e-mail outage in a week leaves BlackBerry users concerned, but where can they really go?
-
Perfect Printing Solutions Find just the right All-in-One Printer for you from HP. Visit the HP Resource Center.
-
Acer Laptop Center Forget the Mouse...check out the next generation multi-gesture touch screen technology from Acer.
-
Dell Shopping Center Check out great deals from Dell!
