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I have had sims 2 for ages and use to play on it regulary.
but now when i try load it it says
"Failed to find any directx 9.0 compatible graphics adapter in this system! Please make sure you have a directx 9.0c compatible graphics adapter and have insatlled the latest drivers provied by the manafactuer.this application will now terminate."

I have have downloaded it god knows howmany times and tried numerous other things but nothing seems to work

help?

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