DirectX 9 Issues

[strangetomato]

Before I start digging around for answers, I thought I'd throw this out there to anyone who may have already dealt with this problem. I finished installing my Sims 2 basegame and all the EPs and SPs, and when I tried to run it, I received this message:

Has this happened to anyone else? I'm running Windows 7, and I'm assuming I'm also running something that's a more recent version of DirectX. Any thoughts? I'd appreciate any advice you can throw my way.

ETA: I'm taking a look at this page. Hopefully, it'll provide an answer. Ugh, I can be so clueless about this sort of thing.

Comments

[samethana.livejournal.com]

This happened to me after installing on Win7 and I also deleted and reinstalled directx. I installed the one that came with TS2 so I was sure it was compatible.
(I also had this problem after installing a no-cd thingie, but that was because I accidentally put it in a wrong place)