"Error 1920.Service DirectX Debug Service (DXDebug) failed to start. Verify that you have sufficient privileges to start system services."
When attempting install of the Direct X sdk - this question has been asked on this forum before but the solution presented did not work for me -
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I'm using a games development PC, which has a ton of old software on it. I reinstalled Microsoft Visual C# 2005 express edition. No luck, same error on sdk. On my machine is something called Microsoft Visual Studio .NET Enterprise Architect 2003 - so I tried reinstalling / repairing that and after a while it asked me for a disk for a resource. I have no disks to go with this software - do I even need this Enterprise Architect software on my machine Other software with similar titles - .Net Framework 2.0 (and 1.1 and others), J# .Net Redist Package, XNA Game Studio Express. Maybe one of these is throwing up a conflict
Alternatively, is there somewhere I can get hold of MDM.EXE and just whack it into my system32 folder (or similar clunky solution)
This is making me go gently crazy - I really need the direct SDK, mainly so I can run the texture tool and knock up sprites with transparency. Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
Error 1920 - failed to install DX sdk
Ori'
You might find that the system is due to get rebuilt... but first make sure that the account you are installing with has local admin permissions.
Next if you just need it to draw sprites I would suggest using paint.net or gimp, both are free and will do what you want.
Meadensi
I use both and save to png and they work fine for me.
Ferener
For loading sprites with transparency, the XNA docs suggest I need to export a dds file - which none of those art packages support. Will xna studio import another file format with transparency instead Bitmaps with alpha channels did not seem to work.
My file permissions are set to admin, so that's not the problem. When you say "system is due to get rebuilt" - do you mean I should reinstall Windows (oh god no, the horror, the pain, the missing serial codes) or that DirectX is due for an update
Thanks for your help,
Robin Jubber