# howto uninstall/rollback directx? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [March 10, 2007, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/howto-uninstall-rollback-directx/25689 "2007-03-10T13:03:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2007, 1:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/howto-uninstall-rollback-directx/25689/1 "2007-03-10T13:03:16Z")
my gf updated the directx on her computer, and now she get errors with her video capture/tuner card (overlay errors). all the shit i have found costs money, and im cheap. anyone have a solution to my problem? ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 10, 2007, 1:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/howto-uninstall-rollback-directx/25689/2 "2007-03-10T13:13:42Z")
download the old version from MS. I did this with Vista. Vista came with 10 and I installed 9.x. Worked fine. ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 5:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/howto-uninstall-rollback-directx/25689/3 "2007-03-12T05:21:38Z")
no dice. i need to get rid of 9 and go back to 8. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/2X/b/b7170c8eddc0b95ece6b88172b2f416a08489a45.png) [@system](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/system)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 7:07am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/howto-uninstall-rollback-directx/25689/4 "2007-03-12T07:07:15Z")
[http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=FEDC7212-27B8-4993-9965-53E9298DB386&displaylang=en](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=FEDC7212-27B8-4993-9965-53E9298DB386&displaylang=en) ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 7:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/howto-uninstall-rollback-directx/25689/5 "2007-03-12T07:18:02Z")
[quote=“Marcus,post:4,topic:25689"”] [http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=FEDC7212-27B8-4993-9965-53E9298DB386&displaylang=en](http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=FEDC7212-27B8-4993-9965-53E9298DB386&displaylang=en) [/quote] Seems like just a security update, not the whole version > **[Download Old Versions of DirectX for Windows - OldVersion.com](http://www.oldversion.com/windows/directx/)** i love oldversion, I really don’t remember if installing an old version will let you just get rid of the new one… But i’m pretty confident when you try to install an older version it will just ask you to remove the previous version. Don’t quote me on that though. ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 7:30am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/howto-uninstall-rollback-directx/25689/6 "2007-03-12T07:30:49Z")
nah, trying to install the older version doesnt ask to remove the old one. im wondering if i can just do a repair/reinstall of xp. ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 7:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/howto-uninstall-rollback-directx/25689/7 "2007-03-12T07:39:24Z")
after a quick search, I found. [http://www.brothersoft.com/games/tools\_and\_editors/directx\_9.0\_uninstaller\_51965.html](http://www.brothersoft.com/games/tools_and_editors/directx_9.0_uninstaller_51965.html) Seems to be free and its rated rather highly, after uninstalling, you could use the directx installer from [oldversion.com](http://oldversion.com) as i posted above. If this program doesn’t work. you could try [http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4347.html](http://www.majorgeeks.com/download4347.html) It says 12.95 shareware… so it may be free for a one time use… I really don’t know… its also rated rather highly. And I am claiming no responsibility for any programs listed above, Since I do not have much experience rolling back directx or installing an older version… It has always just worked for me… ---
**Author:** ![Zer0DazE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/zer0daze/32/7624_2.png) [@Zer0DazE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Zer0DazE)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 7:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/howto-uninstall-rollback-directx/25689/8 "2007-03-12T07:43:47Z")
werd, thanks. i will try those out when i get get home ---
**Author:** ![ryanmcell](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ryanmcell/32/7510_2.png) [@ryanmcell](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ryanmcell)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 8:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/howto-uninstall-rollback-directx/25689/9 "2007-03-12T08:37:59Z")
what about a system restore to a day or so before she did the update. that always seems to work. ---
**Author:** ![RuBiCaNT](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/rubicant/32/7622_2.png) [@RuBiCaNT](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/RuBiCaNT)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 8:51am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/howto-uninstall-rollback-directx/25689/10 "2007-03-12T08:51:23Z")
Fucking Zer0Daze… I LOL’d at this one… [quote=“ILCisDEAD,post:7,topic:25689"”] after a **quick** search, I found… [/quote] ---
**Author:** ![ILCisDEAD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/a87d85/32.png) [@ILCisDEAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/ILCisDEAD)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2007, 9:11am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/howto-uninstall-rollback-directx/25689/11 "2007-03-12T09:11:37Z")
[quote=“RuBiCaNT,post:10,topic:25689"”] Fucking Zer0Daze… I LOL’d at this one… [/quote] ROFL! thats not what I intended lol, now i sound like much more of an asshole lol…