Hi guys,

I desperately need help

I am currently running on
P4 2.8 GHZc
512mb ram
ATI Radeon 9600 256MB
WinXP SP2 (comes with DirectX 9.0b)

It seems we got to have DirectX 9.0C installed in order to run The Sims 2. (Mine is original version)

The thing is, my directx9.0c setup does not seem to be able to run at all. when i click next>> in the installation dialog, it immediately led me to a screen whereby it says installation for directx 9.0c is completed. I thought maybe my PC was very fast and installation had completed within 1 sec.

I was so wrong. I finished installing The Sims 2 and excitedly went straight to run the game.
A message "Unable to initalise DIrect3d. Please ensure that DIrectx9.0c is installed"

Well never mind, I went on to microsoft site to download the directx9.0c setup but the setup brought me to the "installation completed" screen almost immediately again.

Next, I went ahead with updating my graphics card driver. It didnt help.

I even went on to browse many many forums and tried all kinds of methods and even resorted to using DirectX Eradicator 1.09 (though risky) to uninstall the current version of Directx 9.0b.

After that i opened dxdiag and checked that my version had been reverted to direct x8.1. After that I tried to do all I could again but the best I could do was to get it back to Directx 9.0b again. Sigh.

Can someone help me please? Has it got to do with my version of windows?

I have done everything I could except reformat.. Thanks in advance

hello

Im not sure if this will matter, but wat video drivers are u using>?

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Asus P4P800S mb
P4 2.4Ghz (800Mhz)
1Gb DDR3200 Ram
Asus Geforce FX 5600 128mb

try install the Dx9.0c from Windows Update...

A64 3000+
MSI K8T-Neo FIS2R
ST 1GB DDR433
Ati Radeon X800 Pro
250GB SATA HDD

thanks for the response..

to LeFtBehinD: I downloaded the latest version of my video driver from sapphiretech.com,http://www.sapphiretech.com/downloads/downloads.asp

to ~evans~ (by j3r3my_07) : i tried that too but it didnt help

hello

Uninstall your directx 9 first, then reinstall it again.

Go here:http://downloads.guru3d.com/download.php?det=522

Read the readme attached to the zip file before you proceed!!!.

Expert™

uninstall xpsp2, install 9.0c and rock!

I have the same problem! I'm trying to run The Sims 2 in my P4 2.0GHz, 512MB with and NVidia GF4MX 440-T8X and when I try to install DirectX 9.0c it says I already have the latest version, but I have 9.0b!! Please help with this problem (I'd rather not to use the DirectX uninstaller you suggested) There is not another way? Plase write me to my mail if you can, if not don't worry but please HELP ME!! :(

this is quite a fustrating problem for many of us.i think most of us have winXP with SP2 installed if i'm not wrong.i'm having the same problem with my Full Spectrum Warrior that needs 9.0c.i found a page that teaches us step by step to install 9.0c.if it works i will put a link here.in the mean time can some1 like tell microsoft about it.

Hi there i need help with my sims2 instalation. every time i go to play it it comes up: Failed to find any DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adaptor in this system. Please make sure you have a DirectX 9.0c compatible adaptor and have installed the latest drivers provided by the manufacture. The application will now terminate. Ive downloaded DirectX 9.0c but i dont know how to upgrade the drives. Please help i really want to play the sims.

The sims 2 isnt workin becuase it says i need to have directX but i already have that loaded on and it still says i dont have it can anyone help me