Changeset 39623 in vbox for trunk/doc

Timestamp:

Dec 15, 2011 10:43:02 AM (13 years ago)

Author:

vboxsync

Message:

Added Restoring d3d8.dll and d3d9.dll section.

File:

• trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_Troubleshooting.xml (modified) (1 diff)

trunk/doc/manual/en_US/user_Troubleshooting.xml

@@ -781 +781 @@
     </sect2>
 
+    <sect2>
+      <title>Restoring d3d8.dll and d3d9.dll</title>
+
+      <para>Extracting d3d8 and d3d9.dll from Windows XP installation CD
+      </para>
+
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          1. Download and install the latest version of 7-Zip File Manager <ulink
+          url="http//www.7-zip.org">http//www.7-zip.org</ulink>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          2. Browse into installation CD for example E:\i386 (or AMD64 for 64bit version)
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          3. Locate file d3d8.dl_ and d3d9.dl_, double click on it and Extract d3d8.dll and d3d9.dll
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          4. Reboot Windows in Safe mode
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          5. Copy extracted d3d8.dll and d3d9.dll to C:\Windows\system32 and C:\Windows\system32\dllcache
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          6. Reboot
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+
+      <para>Extracting d3d8 and d3d9.dll from Windows XP Service pack </para>
+
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          1, 3-6 Same as installation CD
+        </listitem>
+        <listitem>
+          2. Use 'Open inside' to open WindowsXP-KB936929-SP3-x86.exe as archive and browse i386 directory.
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+
+      <para>Extracting d3d8 and d3d9.dll from Vista/Windows7 installation CD or Service Pack iso</para>
+
+      <itemizedlist>
+        <listitem>
+          1. Download and install the latest version of 7-Zip File Manager <ulink
+          url="http//www.7-zip.org">http//www.7-zip.org</ulink>
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          2. Browse into installation CD for example E:\sources
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          3. Locate file install.wim and double click it. After 7-Zip utility opens the file, you'll get a few numbered folders. Each numeric subfolder represents a different version of Windows (Starter, Home Basic, and so on)
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          4. After entering into the one of the numeric folders, browse into Windows\System32 (or C:\Windows\SysWOW64 for 64 bit version) directory locate d3d8.dll and d3d9.dll and extract
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          5. Copy extracted d3d8.dll and d3d9.dll to C:\Windows\system32 or C:\Windows\SysWOW64 (files from system32 should go to system32, from SysWOW64 to SysWOW64)
+        </listitem>
+
+        <listitem>
+          6. Reboot
+        </listitem>
+      </itemizedlist>
+
+    </sect2>
   </sect1>