You can let it install DX9.0c, in fact you want it to. It won't overwrite
anything newer, and some games require some of the modules that it installs.

It should work. Age of Empires and Battlefield both work, I'm sure. Not sure
on the others, but you can check http://www.vistareadygames.com to see if
they do or not, or if there is a workaround.

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Dustin Harper
dharper@vistarip.com
http://www.vistarip.com

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"Vincent" <Vincent@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:952332BF-BFF4-4D4A-A431-1622EC18715D@microsoft.com...
> Hi everyone,
> My kids have many video games on CR-ROM. Is it safe to load these on our
> new
> Vista Ultimate system? For example, they have Battlefront II. What worries
> me
> is it says "DirectX9.0c may be loaded..." during the install. Will the
> game
> blow up the version of DirectX that came with the system? Will this game
> work
> at all on Vista. Others we have here include Age of Empires, Battlefield,
> and
> The Godfather. Probably a stupid question but before I cause myself more
> trouble I thought I should ask the experts.
>
> Thanks,
> Vincent