Fifelass,
It appears like the camera's driver set up program is asking you to "install" the DirectX 8.1b using the driver CD that was supplied with the camera. You may already have the DirectX 8.1b program installed and you can check by clicking on Start-Run, type "Dxdiag", thenclick on OK. If DirectX is installed, a DirectX diagnostics screen will come up with the "DirectX Version" number in the lower part of the screen. If you don't have DirectX 8.1b or later, you'll need to install from the CD.
If that's the case, place the CD in the CD drive. If it attempts to autorun, exit the program, then double click on "MY Computer", RIGHT click on the CD drive (E drive), choose "Explore" from the menu. When the window opens, look for the "Win" folder on the CD, double click it, then double click on the "DIRECTX8 1b REDIST PACKAGE.EXE" that appears to be listed there. (Make sure to disable your antivirus program first so it doesn't interfere with the installation.) After the installation of DirectX 8.1b is complete, restart the computer and go back to installing your camera software.
If you can't seem to get it installed from the CD, here is the Microsoft download link for DirectX 8.1b:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=f70a3d7c-feac-4d9a-a803-278021061fec&displaylang=en
Hope this helps.
Grif
I recently purchased a digi camera, instructions were that if I had Windows 98 I would have to set up a document name E:/Win/DIRECTX8 1b REDIST PACKAGE.EXE (E is CD DRIVER)before I set up driver programme of the digital camera.
I havent a clue as to how to do this....any advice?
Fifelass

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