Subj : Re: Full DirectX 9.0c End-User Runtime (November 2010)?
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On 12/21/2010 8:07 PM PT, VanguardLH typed:

>> How come Microsoft/MS hasn't posted the full DirectX 9.0c End-User
>> Runtime (November 2010) on the Internet? I don't want its dxsetup.exe to
>> download parts online on my crappy Internet connection. :(
>
> So we are to assume that you found the web installer but don't want to
> use that.  How much time did you spend searching at Microsoft's download
> site (http://www.microsoft.com/download/)?  I found the below page by
> searching on "directx 9.0c":
>
>
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-
bc6a-9b6652cd92a3
> Size = 286KB
>
> This is the web installer (the one that you don't want).  If you look
> carefully at that web download page, you'll find the full RT download
> that you are looking for (95.6MB in size).  It's a clickable string to
> the end-user runtime download page.  Hint: Look under the "Additional
> Information" section.

If you're referring to 
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=3b17
0b25-abab-4bc3-ae91-50ceb6d8fa8d 
..... Then, that's not November 2010 version. I already have June 2010. :(
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