What the message indicates is that your video adapter needs updating in =
order to run DirectX 9 and the game. You may or may not be able to get =
drivers for your video that are compatible.

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Gary S. Terhune
MS MVP Shell/User
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"Butterfly" wrote in message =
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I was downloading The Sims 2 and everything was going smoothly until =
an error=20
message popped up saying "Failed to find DirectX 9.0c compatible =
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adapters in this system! Please make sure you have a Direct X 9.0c=20
compatible graphics adapter and the latest drivers provided by the=20
manufacturer. The application will now terminate." Well, I figured =
it must=20
be that I have an outdated Direct X, so I downloaded the Direct X 9.0c =
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microsoft, but when I did I still have the same problem. Please, if =
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has any suggestions, email me at . Thank you!