Quick overview:
The new Microsoft gaming interface is enjoying great popularity among gamers, but some users have to put up with a downer, as the setup fails on many Windows XP computers. The reason for this is the deactivation of the cryptography service, which is responsible for the digital signature in the DirectX 9.0 file - if this is deactivated, Windows sounds the alarm and resigns during installation. But even Windows updates, hotfixes and the service pack cannot be made to work without this service. Here you can find out how to reactivate this service and thus install DirectX properly:
Reactivate DirectX 9.0
1. Click Start/Control Panel and select Administrative Tools/Services
2. Select the cryptography service from the list that appears and double-click on it. In the window that appears, set the startup type to Automatic.
After a restart, the installation of the ninth version of DirectX should work without any problems. If it didn't work, you can read more in this article: Service Pack 1 installation problems!
NOTE FOR NEW PUBLICATION: This article was produced by Sandro Villinger and comes from the Windows Tweaks archive, which has been built up since the late 1990s.
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