DirectX 9 Compatible!!!?

Question

Failed to find any DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapters in this system! Please make sure you have a DirectX 9.0c compitable graphics adapter and have installed the latest drivers provided by the manufactuer. The application will now terminate!

I NEED help. I have been trying to play The Sims Castaways for over 3 nights now and I keep getting this error when I try to play. I have DirectX 9 and I also tried to repair it and I got the updates from Microsoft. NOTHING IS WORKING Please help me, I really don't know what to do now. Thank you so much!!! I have Windows XP too :-)

Answer 1

it's not that you have dierectx9 installed.

your computer is telling you that you do not have a directx9 compatable video card.

just update your video card drivers if you do.

start, control panel, performance and maintenance, system,hardware, device manager and check your display adaptors.

if it has a yellow question mark next to it you have a video card problem.

highlight your video card right click on it and select update now whilst connected to the internet.

Windows will search the web for drivers off the web for your video card if you have one.

this may take care of the problem but if it doesn't then you need to post more information for people to help...