My Sims2 Won't work. It'll bring up the white thing that says The Sims 2 at the beginning but then it'll stop and say "Failed to find any DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapters in this system! Please make sure you have a DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapter and have installed the latest drivers provided by the manufacturer. The application will now terminate." It's making me furious because I really want to play the sims. Please Help Me.
Thanks,
Angela
P.S. I Have Windows XP Professional

I think I may need more information about your computer, but I think you probably have a video card made by ATI, maybe an old Radeon(ATI sux). NVidia graphics cards are way better and support DirectX. Or maybe you have integrated(soldered into the motherboard) graphics like "Intel Extreme Graphics", those graphics suck, but it should support directx. Maybe you don't have the drivers for your video card installed. You can check by clicking Start>Run>and type "dxdiag" which will open a diagnostic program for Directx. There are various tabs in this program and one is called "Display". Click on it. There are two buttons in the bottom right of the window(right of the text box), one for testing DirectDraw, and one for testing Direct3D. First run DirectDraw, then Direct3D. Don't interrupt them and when a message box comes up, just hit OK, but read it first. See if it comes out ok. DirectDraw test should show some black and white shapes for a few seconds each and Direct3D should show a rotating cube with directx logos on it. If they have problems, find the CD that came with your video card and try to reinstall the drivers for it, or download them from the manufacturer's website. One way to test if the drivers are installed correctly is to try to set the screen size(aka resolution) above 640x480 pixels and more than 16 colors. I not, they're not installed. In the Directx diagnostice, you should also look for problems with the files associated with your video card (in the first tab's text box, I think). Look for any problems listed in the text box. That's about all I can think of, if all else fails, format the hard drive and reinstall windows, but make sure to install all the latest drivers and DirectX 9.0c. Good luck. Email me if you have anymore problems.