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

[immlegacy.livejournal.com]

It happened to me a long time ago but I forget how I've solved the problem. I remeber I tried to reinstall DirectX but it wasn't worked for me. If your problem won't be solved this way try to check out your device manager in Windows. Maybe you need a special driver to your motherboard. I agree with upper commentator. No CD may cause this problem. And maybe you need to update your Framework.
I hope you'll start playing soon.