hmm I think I just did I dont remeber telling firewall to block decal but it had it blocked anyway. I clicked update agian and it seemed to work fine. We will see if it works next month

If you wanted to test, you can always delete the .xml files in the Decal 3.0 folder and click update again. It should re-download them.

yup it worked fine. Thanks agian

No problem...


now isn't that a lot better than manually having to band-aid them every month to get it working?

Mine is not updating either....it gets stuck on the Updating Decal Components screen...do I need to uninstall and reinstall decal?


Edit: Because I can't spell today, also no firewalls blocking it

2nd Edit: tried to uninstall and reinstall decal and now it's saying I don't have Direct X9....tried 3 times even updated direct X...4th time it's working so I"m crossing my fingers this will fix it

Nope still won't update Guess I'll try again later.

So you've re-installed the latest version of DirectX? ( http://www.microsoft.com/directx )


and re-installed Decal?


and now what is the current state of your situation?

hmm I think I'm just gonna give up for now. I keep getting this message about the direct X


Component Microsoft DirectX 9.0c has failed to install with the following error message:

"A general error occured."


The following components failed to install:

- Microsoft DirectX 9.0c


See the setup log file located at 'C:\DOCUME~1\SUNSHI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\VSD18B.tmp\install.log' for more information.

open C:\DOCUME~1\SUNSHI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\VSD18B.tmp\install.log and look what it says.


Now.. one question I have is.. does that error come from the DirectX setup from Microsoft's site, or the DirectX Setup from Decal?

the error comes from trying to reinstall decal...When I go to microsoft to update Direct X it says I have the most current version. Got decal to reinstall but still just sits on the updating decal components page where it says downloading 1 file out of 1.


Here is what that file says:

The following properties have been set:

Property: [AdminUser] = true {boolean}

Property: [ProcessorArchitecture] = Intel {string}

Property: [VersionNT] = 5.1.2 {version}

Running checks for package '.NET Framework 2.0', phase BuildList

Running external check with command line "C:\DOCUME~1\SUNSHI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\VSD18B.tmp\dotnetfx\dotnetchk.exe"

Process exited with code 1

Setting value '1 {int}' for property 'DotNetInstalled'

Reading value 'Version' of registry key 'HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer'

Read string value '6.0.2900.2180'

Setting value '6.0.2900.2180 {string}' for property 'IEVersion'

The following properties have been set for package '.NET Framework 2.0':

Property: [DotNetInstalled] = 1 {int}

Property: = 6.0.2900.2180 {string}

Running checks for command 'dotnetfx\instmsia.exe'

Result of running operator 'ValueExists' on property 'VersionNT': true

Result of checks for command 'dotnetfx\instmsia.exe' is 'Bypass'

Running checks for command 'dotnetfx\WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe'

Result of running operator 'ValueExists' on property 'Version9x': false

Result of running operator 'VersionLessThan' on property 'VersionNT' and value '5.0.3': false

Result of running operator 'VersionGreaterThanOrEqualTo' on property 'VersionMsi' and value '3.0': true

Result of checks for command 'dotnetfx\WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe' is 'Bypass'

Running checks for command 'dotnetfx\dotnetfx.exe'

Result of running operator 'ValueNotEqualTo' on property 'DotNetInstalled' and value '0': true

Result of checks for command 'dotnetfx\dotnetfx.exe' is 'Bypass'

'.NET Framework 2.0' RunCheck result: No Install Needed

Running checks for package 'Microsoft DirectX 9.0c', phase BuildList

The following properties have been set for package 'Microsoft DirectX 9.0c':

Running checks for command 'DX9\dxwebsetup.exe'

Result of running operator 'ValueNotEqualTo' on property 'AdminUser' and value 'True': false

Result of running operator 'ValueExists' on property 'Version9x': false

Result of checks for command 'DX9\dxwebsetup.exe' is 'Install'

'Microsoft DirectX 9.0c' RunCheck result: Install Needed

Running checks for package 'Visual C++ Runtime Libraries (x86)', phase BuildList

Running MsiProductCheck with ProductCode '{A49F249F-0C91-497F-86DF-B2585E8E76B7}'

MsiQueryProductState returned '5'

Setting value '5 {int}' for property 'VCRedistInstalled'

The following properties have been set for package 'Visual C++ Runtime Libraries (x86)':

Property: [VCRedistInstalled] = 5 {int}

Running checks for command 'vcredist_x86\vcredist_x86.exe'

Result of running operator 'ValueGreaterThanEqualTo' on property 'VCRedistInstalled' and value '3': true

Result of checks for command 'vcredist_x86\vcredist_x86.exe' is 'Bypass'

'Visual C++ Runtime Libraries (x86)' RunCheck result: No Install Needed

Running checks for package 'Windows Installer 3.1', phase BuildList

The following properties have been set for package 'Windows Installer 3.1':

Running checks for command 'WindowsInstaller3_1\WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe'

Result of running operator 'VersionGreaterThanOrEqualTo' on property 'VersionMsi' and value '3.1': true

Result of checks for command 'WindowsInstaller3_1\WindowsInstaller-KB893803-v2-x86.exe' is 'Bypass'

'Windows Installer 3.1' RunCheck result: No Install Needed

EULA for components 'Microsoft DirectX 9.0c' was accepted.

Copying files to temporary directory "C:\DOCUME~1\SUNSHI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\VSD18B.tmp\"

Downloading files to "C:\DOCUME~1\SUNSHI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\VSD18B.tmp\"

(10/10/2006 6:32:33 PM) Downloading 'DX9\dxwebsetup.exe' from 'http://core.decaldev.com/files/dxwebsetup.exe' to 'C:\DOCUME~1\SUNSHI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\VSD18B.tmp\'

Download completed at 10/10/2006 6:32:33 PM

Verifying file integrity of C:\DOCUME~1\SUNSHI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\VSD18B.tmp\DX9\dxwebsetup.exe

WinVerifyTrust returned 0

File trusted

Running checks for package 'Microsoft DirectX 9.0c', phase BeforePackage

The following properties have been set for package 'Microsoft DirectX 9.0c':

Running checks for command 'DX9\dxwebsetup.exe'

Result of running operator 'ValueNotEqualTo' on property 'AdminUser' and value 'True': false

Result of running operator 'ValueExists' on property 'Version9x': false

Result of checks for command 'DX9\dxwebsetup.exe' is 'Install'

'Microsoft DirectX 9.0c' RunCheck result: Install Needed

Verifying file integrity of C:\DOCUME~1\SUNSHI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\VSD18B.tmp\DX9\dxwebsetup.exe

WinVerifyTrust returned 0

File trusted

Installing using command line '"C:\DOCUME~1\SUNSHI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\VSD18B.tmp\DX9\dxwebsetup.exe" /q /r:n'

Process exited with code -21

Status of package 'Microsoft DirectX 9.0c' after install is 'InstallFailed'

I don't think the download issue and DirectX issue are related.


If it is failing to download the updatelist.xml, then there is a connection issue.. (which seems firewall related) but is different from the other guy's issue.


Are you able to manually go to the URL I listed above (the decal site for the updatelist.xml file)?


If so, does it read the file properly?