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Ron Francis

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Jul 27, 2008, 1:00:36 AM7/27/08
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XP Pro SP3
VS 2005

I uninstalled DX SDK Aug 2007, turned off my AVG antivirus and tried to
install the latest version but it give me an error at the end.

"There is a problem preventing your installation from continuing. Please
take the following action required and try setup again."

"Setup has not completed. In order to use the Microsoft DirectX SDK (June
2008 ), you must reinstall later."
"Error code: S1010"

WTF!!??
Who thought up that one?
No mention of the error code at Microsoft either that I could find.
I've rebooted and cleaned the registry without any success.
Does anyone have any idea what the problem could be?

I'm currently downloading (at a snail's pace) the August 2007 SDK hoping
that it wont give me the same error otherwise I will have real problems.
I'm afraid that uninstalling the SDK may have corrupted something.

Regards,
Ron Francis
www.RonaldFrancis.com

Chuck Walbourn [MSFT]

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Jul 29, 2008, 8:30:05 PM7/29/08
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Please send me offline your log files from %WINDIR% + "Logs"

DirectX.log
DirectX_SDK.log

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-Chuck Walbourn
SDE, XNA Developer Connection

This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warrenties, and confers no rights.

Ron Francis

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Jul 30, 2008, 10:25:34 AM7/30/08
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> Please send me offline your log files from %WINDIR% + "Logs"
>
> DirectX.log
> DirectX_SDK.log
>

Thanks Chuck, but I deleted them and reinstalled August 2007 so I could
continue working.
If I try it again I will save them, but I will probably wait for the next
version.
I much appreciate your offer to look at the logs.
Cheers.

Regards,
Ron Francis
www.RonaldFrancis.com


Andrew McDonald

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Jul 31, 2008, 3:41:17 PM7/31/08
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I hit a similar issue on my home PC only, not my work one. Got error S1016
instead... never found a solution, had to roll back like you.

Chuck, did you guys have any more ideas? The August SDK will be out soon so
I'll try that I guess...

--
Andy


"Ron Francis" <ronfr...@adam.com.au> wrote..


> XP Pro SP3
> VS 2005
>
> I uninstalled DX SDK Aug 2007, turned off my AVG antivirus and tried to
> install the latest version but it give me an error at the end.
>
> "There is a problem preventing your installation from continuing. Please
> take the following action required and try setup again."
>
> "Setup has not completed. In order to use the Microsoft DirectX SDK (June
> 2008 ), you must reinstall later."
> "Error code: S1010"
>
> WTF!!??
> Who thought up that one?
> No mention of the error code at Microsoft either that I could find. I've
> rebooted and cleaned the registry without any success. Does anyone have
> any idea what the problem could be?
>
> I'm currently downloading (at a snail's pace) the August 2007 SDK hoping
> that it wont give me the same error otherwise I will have real

> problems.I'm afraid that uninstalling the SDK may have corrupted

Ron Francis

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Jul 31, 2008, 8:56:42 PM7/31/08
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"Andrew McDonald" <myrmeco...@no-spam-thanks.hotmail.com> wrote in
message news:Oo03kV08...@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...

>I hit a similar issue on my home PC only, not my work one. Got error S1016
>instead... never found a solution, had to roll back like you.
>
> Chuck, did you guys have any more ideas? The August SDK will be out soon
> so I'll try that I guess...

Yes, I saw that you had a problem too and I wondered if you fixed it.
I will be waiting for the August SDK too and have a little fear in my gut
that I will download it for 4 hours just to get the same problem.
But I am a pessimist at heart I guess.

Cheers

Regards,
Ron Francis
www.RonaldFrancis.com


Ron Francis

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Aug 20, 2008, 9:43:36 PM8/20/08
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"Ron Francis" <ronfr...@adam.com.au> wrote in message
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FYI,
Just installed the August SDK without a hitch.

McDonald@discussions.microsoft.com John McDonald

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Sep 24, 2008, 9:16:01 PM9/24/08
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"Ron Francis" wrote:

> XP Pro SP3
> VS 2005

I had the same exact error for both the June 2008 and August 2008 install.
XP Pro SP3, using VS Express 2008. (I have an old license for VS 2005 Pro,
but didn't install it after the last time I installed).

Any thoughts here?

John McDonald

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Oct 5, 2008, 3:01:01 AM10/5/08
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My problem should've been obvious (to me), but it also should've had a
special error message.

I had Steam running, and Steam uses DirectSound. This would cause the
runtime installation to fail.

I thought Windows had a method for installing system DLLs that were
currently in use (by basically replacing them on the next reboot).

It would seem the DxSDK doesn't use this functionaly.

Thanks,

McJohn

Ron Francis

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Oct 5, 2008, 6:36:39 PM10/5/08
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Glad you solved the problem.
Something to look out for in the future.

Regards,
Ron Francis
www.RonaldFrancis.com


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sauparna

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Oct 21, 2008, 3:31:02 PM10/21/08
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Identical problem. Logs doesn't have DirectX.log

DirectX_SDK.log has this one line:
10/22/08 00:27:38: DXSDKSetup: CLR version number = 2.0.50727

What's gone wrong here?

P4
Windows XP Home
SP 3
Motherboard ASUS P4P800-VM
Intel 865G graphics chipset

Collis@discussions.microsoft.com John Collis

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Feb 11, 2009, 7:40:02 AM2/11/09
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I have today tried to install the November 2008 and August 2008 Dirext X SDK
and on both occasions I received the ubiqutous S1010 error message.
When I tried testing the downloaded file with WinRAR it reported that the
file was corrupted.
I have Windows XP SP3 running on an HP a1210.uk with 768 MByte RAM, with
21GB free on the main hard drive and 449 GB on a usb external hard drive (to
which I have saved the download). I have also turned off the virus
checker/firewall for the duration of the download.
Any suggestions?

fig

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Feb 11, 2009, 7:45:53 AM2/11/09
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After serious thinking John Collis wrote :

Try updating Winrar..


albagreca

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Apr 18, 2009, 6:03:01 PM4/18/09
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Had the same problem with Direct SDK March 2009 (DXSDK_Mar09.exe) on Widows
XP.

The following has worked for me:

Start -> Programs -> Administrative Tools -> Services
Find the "Windows Audio" service
Select -> Right-click -> Properties
Stop the service
Set "Startup type: Manual"
Save (OK)

Restart the computer

Disable anti-virus

Install DirectX SDK - it should install now successfully.

Set the "Windows Audio" service's "Service type" to "Automatic"

Restart the computer

Enable anti-virus

I hope this works for everyone.

Albagreca

Taterhead

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Jun 19, 2009, 11:09:01 AM6/19/09
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I have Vista 64-bit home premium and had the same problem installing
DXSDK_mar09. It was driving me nuts; i tried everything in this tread. I
finally deleted the file, redownloaded it, and it installed fine!

obi

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Jul 17, 2009, 1:35:01 PM7/17/09
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"Taterhead" wrote:

That explains that this code S1010 does imply a general problem, which may
range from conflicting dlls to corrupt files.
After trying everything I'm re downloading the march 2009 update.

fahim

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Sep 4, 2009, 10:07:02 AM9/4/09
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Had the same problem with SDK March 2009. I deleted the file, downloaded it
again it installed perfect.
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