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Easily Install and Download DirectX 10 for Windows XP

Posted By Raymond In Category: Computer

Dec
10
2008

We all know the importance of having the latest version of DirectX to achieve the best performance in gaming. Simply put, DirectX is a Windows technology that enables higher performance in graphics and sound when you’re playing games or watching video on your PC. The latest version available today is DirectX 10 (DirectX 11 coming soon) but unfortunately DirectX 10 is only officially available with Windows Vista. Previous versions of Windows such as Windows XP are not able to officially run DirectX 10.

DirectX for Windows XP

Although we cannot install DirectX 10 officially from Microsoft, there is a very popular unofficial DirectX 10 from Alky Project which we can install on Windows XP. I got to know about this few years back but did not test it on my computer because I am not a real gamer (the only game I play is CSS) and it seems troublesome to install it on Windows XP. It involves copying a few cracked dll files to system folder, downloading and installing DirectX SDK and blah blah blah. They should make an easy installer to install DirectX 10 for Windows XP…

We can forget about Alky Project now because the project has been stopped. There’s no need to be sad because I found another alternative to easily install DirectX 10 in Windows XP just by running one single setup file.


Here is a DirectX 10 for Windows XP by KM-Software DirectX team. You only need to download dx10_xp.exe file and run it to install. During installation, you can even install DirectX 10 version from Alky Project or DirectX 10 version from KM-Software. If you’re running a 64-bit Windows XP, just select DirectX with Win x64 support during installation.

Install DirectX 10 in Windows XP

Actually this version of DirectX 10 for Windows XP by LWGame is the last version (they called it LV) and will not have anymore updates. If it works and improves the graphics in the game that you’re playing, then continue using it. Otherwise, just uninstall it from Windows Start Menu. To check the version of DirectX installed on your Windows, just run dxdiag from Run. As you can see at the image below, I have DirectX 10.0 (4.10.0000.18000) installed in Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600).

DirectX 10 for Windows XP SP3

If you’re interested in installing DirectX 10 in Windows XP, you can download from the link below.
[ Download DirectX 10 for Windows XP ]

When using DirectX 10 for Windows XP, you “might” encounter problems when playing old games or games that doesn’t support DirectX 10. We wouldn’t want to keep on installing and uninstalling DirectX, so here is another useful tool by KM-Software which can be used to change the DirectX version on our computer.

Change DirectX Version with KMDXC

KMDXC (KM-DirectX Changer) can change the DirectX version to any other without restarting the operating system. It has a very user friendly interface, just select the DirectX version that you want your system to run with and click Patch button. KMDXC allows you to run old games that do not support DirectX 9 and DirectX 10, start the game with support for DirectX for Windows XP and turn off DirectX 10 in Windows Vista and Windows 7. KMDXC is actually a shareware that cost $10.95 for one computer license but it did not mention how long is the allowed trial period.

[ Download KM-Software DirectX Changer ]


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    • http://uncle-muaz.blogspot.com Unclemuaz

      Thanx for the info Ray…

    • Kailash

      can the link be avaibale from megaupload i cannot download from rapidshare

    • Ishaan

      Thx Ray i’ll try this…. :-)

    • Anon

      mmmmmmmmmmm cool :D

    • ankit pasi

      windows xp sucks…vista sp1 is wayyy better.

    • Zipp

      Tnx Ray!

    • sb_92

      excellent job ray thanx a lot :-D

    • Ishaan

      Ok one query how is this only 12MB in size?????

    • Dragan

      Good to know, Raymond. Keep up the good work!

    • utkarsh30june

      WOW, This is really awesome. Thanks Raymond :D

    • Mahdi

      WOW This is so great Ray.

      Thank you so much

    • teels

      Thank you for a good tip, Raymond!

    • Rekhyt

      thank you very much your info Raymond, i will be waiting for another good work from you :p

    • adam

      Thank you Raymond

    • jon

      verry cool!

    • niksa

      Ok, It Works!

    • Jayhan

      Awesome! But does upgrading to direct X 10 increase a certain game’s graphic significantly?

    • Jelle

      Wow thanks ray.

    • http://linkw.info Ali

      Mate, can’t the directX be downloaded from Microsoft’s site?

    • shootingspy

      Thanks For This But Clear me One Thing I have 128MB AGP Card(GeForce FX 5200) Does it Support DirectX-10 which you have provided above ,I have 1GB of RAM in my PC.plz reply to this query of mine waiting for an early response so that i can download it
      Ps., Previously Also I have ask so many times abt my queries regarding your post but You didn’t reply it ,so this time dont leave me in middle
      Shootingspy

    • Nitin

      Hi raymond,
      Do you face any problem after installing this version. Well i know that when you post it you post it after testing it on your machine. Thanks for the post.

    • sharath

      thank you

    • John Thompson

      Is DirectX 10 above is original created from Microsoft?

    • Matt

      Raymond your last two posts were already posted on another tech blog recently, I know it can be a co-incidence and you can’t certainly read each and every blog, but I can tell that I am a great fan of your tips.

      Keep up the good work.

    • Veto

      Thanks raymond. Does this software work with frozen throne?

    • Vinay

      cool stuff…thanks..!!!

    • teels

      Thank you for a good tip, Raymond!
      I’ll try it.

    • dawhraa

      THX Raymond for nice infos…

    • Kislay Kishore

      well done Ray………

    • shootingspy

      Raymond Still No Advice From Your Side?

    • http://noobit.ru Anton Petrov

      omg, thanks!

    • amit

      Will installing it affect system stability?

    • phobos

      thanks so much far this great information.

    • http://madhabspace.blogspot.com sunkuamr kothari

      cool , thanks raymond , but i have nit been fan of games so this article is for my knowledge augmenta tion

    • Mahendran A

      love u ray!

    • http://Thanksray vinay

      The Direct X 10 woks But my norton anti virus is showing that KM-Software DirectX Changer is having a trojan horse while i try to install it onto my machine. Can you give me the reason?

    • http://www.raymond.cc/ Raymond

      Reason is it’s a false positive. Don’t use it if you trust your antivirus.

    • VinC

      maybe because it’s behaviour of changing directX(which is component of driver) is cautious for norton,but I’m agree with Ray it’s false positive

      btw,Thanks for the tips Ray

    • aamirullah

      thanks

    • aamirullah

      can i uninstall it if i dont like it

    • Sam

      Thanks m8

    • animesh1ly4u

      cool trick 4 xp
      awesome

    • HAIDER KHOSO

      RAY THANKS LOT FOR ALL SOFTWARES

    • Frank

      thx man

    • Ginger

      I have always a problem with your download. I dont know why, please can you subcrive my name on your site thank you and on your mail list.

      Have a nice day

      Ginger sorry about that!!!!!!!!

    • aBg_rOnGak

      Sorry to all, but can anybody share the files on Mediafire or 4shared? I can’t download from RS, MU, Megashare, depositfiles, letbitit

    • wahbasah

      nice ray!!

    • Yeojoong Yoon

      thanks ray!!

    • Ahinigami

      Sometime I really dont understand why people is so lazy to read through the whole article before asking for some question that is already been answered.

      Heres the answer for certain question:
      1)No this is not an official release by microsoft , its suppose to be a shareware.
      2)You can uninstall it if you dont like it or it cause your system crash
      3)Its impossible for you to download directx 10 from microsoft for XP because directx10 is not supposed to be supported for XP , the latest version directx for xp is 9.0c which will be updated every few month.
      4)Heres the mediafire mirror for those who cannot download from MU or RS(I wonder why) http://www.mediafire.com/?tmdgnyk3z5m

      Just installed it but I dont really have time to test it now , I will give my thought on it later …. Thanks raymond

    • Ammar

      Thanks Raymond. You must have spent days on this.

      BTW trial version of KM-Software DirectX Changer is for 30days, i found it here: http://www.download.com/KM-Software-DirectX-Changer/3000-2094_4-10860599.html

    • thetruth

      wow, Ray, I\’m gonna tell all of my friends…
      actually I only use vista for gaming on a separate boot partition – for work xp just runs a bit speedier on my Q6600|2GB|HD4870 pc, and I don\’t like the big amount of background processes vista is running – so this dx10 for xp now means higher gaming stability and more disk space to me – awesome!

      I just came across your site for the first time ever o0 shame on me!
      great job, you\’re bookmarked! ;-)

    • thetruth

      oh, btw: it says “403 forbidden” when klicking the link for the directX-changer-tool – did you check that? new link would be nice!
      tnx anyway

    • sagar

      nice one
      direct x changer software KM nice
      cooooooooooooooooooooooool

    • sagar

      thanks RAYMOND

    • yesyesyes

      It doesnt change my compter grapichs…. its just change the directx diagnostic tool,directx version… when i uninstalled it.. directx diagnostic tool still says that im using directx 10… hayzz.. its just changing the text directx version…

      DONT DOWNLOAD THIS FILE TWEEKER..

    • philips14c

      Here is how I see it! For directx10 to work you need DX10, DX10 hardware and DX10 drivers! Does XP has DX10 drivers? I don’t think so!

      “Atomic: Why can DX10 never run on XP/2000?
      Boyd: DirectX 10 requires specific features of the Windows Vista operating system in order to take full advantage of graphics hardware, specifically the functionality offered by the new display driver model, WDDM.”

      I think this somehow simulates DX10 using DX9 functions! Its not a real DX10! Or maybe I’m wrong?

    • Verdi

      Waste of time, because XP does not have the API code to call routines from Directx 10.
      It’s like giving a Chinese book to someone who can’t read Chinese!

    • yesyesyes

      ur right

    • http://dogelz.wordpress.com dogelz

      yess.. thank u,,,

    • http://none john

      ok man ty does the link works on vista?

    • ha14

      Since I was installing my BFG 8800 GTS OC 640MO, a friend of mine told me bout directX10 to installed it on my windows XP. I knew that microsoft didnt supported directX10 on windows XP but I cant understand this decision, after some consideration I didnt installed this driver and I dont know if I took the right decision???? I am eager to go on directX10 but first I have to install my copy of windows vista!!!!

    • TyphoidHippo

      Does this fucking work or not? Ten billion \”Thanks for the info, Ray!!\” comments and not one person has tried this on Crysis or Clear Sky? This doesn\’t make any sense. If it does work, then why isn\’t it all over slashdot and digg?

    • DeathMetroll

      Hi all,
      I having trouble running the kmdxc soft, an error window appear !!!!

      Any solutions please ;)

      DM

    • Dnegel

      Actually, the trial period is 30 days. After that, you won’t be able to launch the program.

      Any hack for this?

    • GooDGuy

      guyss,, Actually.. IS IT WORKS IN XP SP2??

    • Ricardo V. Naraja

      Direct 9 was superb in quality, however using Direct X 10 when I saw it in the PC of my friend, it was comparably amazing. It was really great in 3D rendering! Thanks a lot!

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