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> Typically if you run the latest DirectX Runtime installer no matter
> your
> operating system, it will add anything you are missing. The problem
> sounds
> like your system itself may be corrupt, which makes restoring to a
> valid
> state tricky. Be sure to run all the various system disk check tools to
> make
> sure your system is actually stable in the first place.
>
> One other issue may simply be that your video driver is having
> problems.
>
> --
> -Chuck Walbourn
> SDE, XNA Developer Connection
>
> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warrenties, and confers no
> rights.
Thanks for the explanation.
It cannot be that the system is corrupt; as I said, my motherboard and
harddrive were BOTH replaced very recently. I have very few things
reinstalled.
Where can I find the latest DirectX Runtime installer?
When I went to the microsoft/directx website (forget which one it was
now) I downloaded the files and it walked me through an install. I
assumed it had all of the files.
I also vaguely remember something to do with rolling back my graphics
driver and using the older version to get a game to work. I am not sure
which game or which version I did this with, but I do know that it was
for an intel 965 express chipset family. (I know, chipsets aren't
powerful enough to run 3d games, blah blah. Heard it before. It worked
beautifully before my harddrive and motherboard were replaced, so this
argument is invalid.) I cannot seem to find any information linking the
graphics driver versions to problems with the sims 2, or even a list of
the different versions of the graphics driver so that I can at least
try that.
Could anyone be of assistance with that?
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RlynnS