From aa2c20d0d002472e39c02217d5704324ca4dbe08 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: cxgeorge <>
Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 23:44:40 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] *** empty log message ***

---
 panda/src/doc/howto.install_panda_on_windows | 7 ++++---
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/panda/src/doc/howto.install_panda_on_windows b/panda/src/doc/howto.install_panda_on_windows
index d25f5e1299..4532878e7c 100644
--- a/panda/src/doc/howto.install_panda_on_windows
+++ b/panda/src/doc/howto.install_panda_on_windows
@@ -160,9 +160,10 @@ Step 6: (Optional) Build $DTOOL
     > ppremake
     > nmake install
 
-Step 7: (Optional) Install DirectX
-  - Install DirectX 7.0 (by default into C:\mssdk).  You need this to
-    successfully build all of panda.
+Step 7: Install MS Platform SDK to get updated VC libs and headers
+  - Install July 2000 or newer MS Platform SDK MSDN CD in default location.
+    This should prepend the Platform SDK paths to your PATH,INCLUDE, and
+    LIB dirs.  Building libpandadx requires this step (needs DX7 headers/libs)
 
 Step 8: (Optional) Build $PANDA 
   - Build panda