There is a site with a program and instructions for removing DirectX in some
versions.  It's http://home.att.net/%7Eebrink1/Direct.htm .  I haven't tried
it myself but the threads on some of the newsgroups indicate that it does
work.

Ben Moore

-----Original Message-----
From: Stadmeyer, Francis <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, August 26, 1998 6:12 PM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Removing DirectX


>Does anyone know how to go about removing DirectX? The reason I'm asking is
>that my son has a game that suddenly went bonkers.  The game is Starcraft.
>He was playing it  (Playing in the internet network multi player mode) and
>the computer crashed - all white screen no response from any input.  When
he
>rebooted, the colors in the game were all mixed up - looked to me like
>reverse or negative colors.  Reloading the game made no difference.  The
>startup screen looks fine but as soon as the actual game starts up the
>colors are out of whack.  He contacted the company for support and they
were
>no help except that they said that it sounds like a color palette shift and
>maybe the DirectX was screwed up.  We have installed the latest version (6)
>but no change.  I suspect that some DirectX file is screwed but it is not
>being overwritten by the update.  There doesn't appear to be any uninstall
>for DirectX that I can find. I was thinking that I could remove DirectX and
>start with a fresh reload but I can't figure out how to get all the files
>out.
>
>The computer is a P60, Matrox Ultima or Impression video card (with the
>latest drivers - made no difference).
>
>Any suggestions?
>
>Frank Stadmeyer