Re: DirectX 9 SDK, Microsoft have got balls....

From: Jan Fenner (jfenner@sino.de)
Date: 05/27/02 

From: "Jan Fenner" <jfenner@sino.de>
To: <vuln-dev@securityfocus.com>
Date: Mon, 27 May 2002 18:35:47 +0200

anon wrote:

> --------------------------------------------
> This beta version expires on Aug 20, 2002.
> You will need to reinstall Windows if you do not
> have a valid DX9 ID & password to download Beta 2
> --------------------------------------------

I guess thats not a big thing. You just cannot uninstall DX (as
usuall). So if the Beta expires, your windows cannot load DX devices
so you need to reinstall your system; no "format c:\", no "now
fragging your HDD...".
Better download Beta 2 :-)

-j

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