i also get the: "Failed to find any DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapters in this system!Please make sure you have a direct X9.0c compatible graphics adapter and have installed the latest drivers provided by the manufacturer. The application will now terminate." error message. I'm running on nvidia geforce 9600 GT with a AMD atholon 64 xm dual core processor 6000+ 3.10 ghz with windows vista 64bit. I have installed the latest drivers for my video card and have loaded the updates for the game. still doesn't work. any ideas?

i have 2 high def. audio drivers is that bad? and i have the problem with the compatible graphics. my laptop is a toshiba satellite m105-s3064. any help would be appreciat

i have had this problem and its only just started and the reason mine is happening im sure is that i left the cd at my friends house and attempted to crack the game, has anyone else done this?

because im sure with the disc i wouldn't be having this problem again.

tugg,
when you installed the latest drivers, did you uninstall the previous driver set?, or install over them?

I'm very sure last time this happened to me I had to reinstall the game to get it to work, and it's what i've had to do again.

But i do think that if anyones tried to crack the game and hasn't done it properly then that could be the problem you are having, because that's what happened to me both times...

What do you mean by crack the game and how do you do it??
because I also am having problems so maybe I need to do that

well you need to make sure you put it in the right folder, and run it in the right way, i managed to do it now with no problems
i crack my game cause i always lose my discs lol, so when you've downloaded the crack extract it to a folder on your desktop, then copy it to programfiles/eagames/thesims../tsbin and then it should prompt a copy and replace and say yes, then send that application icon as a shortcut to desktop.
if that doesnt help or make sense let me know lol

hahaha...........wait.......what
I am such a confused blonde

lol dnt worry im blonde too thats why i failed about 5 times in the past at this haha
its doable! ermm ok well if you want to crack the game, it means you would be able to play without the disc.
firstly though try reinstalling then see if it works.

Same problem, but when I go onto 'dxdiag' it says that Direct3D and two other Direct things are unavailable and I there's no where I can press enable...
Have I not installed it properly, or is it something else?
NOTE: I recently deleted loads of files off my laptop to make room for some games, could this be to do with deleting a needed file?