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I have only used Windows Update twice in the past 5 years. I always use direct links through Microsoft's website.
And yes, upgrading to the latest DirectX is only slightly less perilous than upgrading to the latest nVidia driver. Upgrade if you need it, not just for laughs. Otherwise you might be spending some time trying to rebuild your system.
I really don't think 8.0a has any bugs of any consequence, but 8.1 probably does.
Jim, before you spend any amount of time working on a DirectX 7 port of the Aquarium, it would be worth the effort to install DirectX 8.1 on one of your Windows 98 machines and try the DirectX 8 prototype you produced of the Aquarium on it and see if password protection and the Settings screen work properly. If so, you could move forward with a DirectX 8.1 version after all.
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