I just bought a used laptop and directx is not running on it! and because of that i can't use alot of programs that require directx, i downloaded it but it still does not on the laptop, i had the same problem with yahoo I M and found that i had to put some code in run in order for the laptop to allow me from using yahoo, I AM WONDERING IF THERE IS A CODE OR SOMETHING THAT I HAVE TO PUT IN RUN IN ORDER FOR DIRECTX TO RUN ON MY LAPTOP. Please help if you know what might be causing this problem.