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Try what crystalklear64 said, if that doesnt work try uninstalling and reinstalling SP2. Of course if you cant uninstall SP2 (like Me) I dont think there is much you can do, I am in the same position. Sorry :'(

Thanks for that, I might give it a try. Im a bit doubtful though, I have already had to do a system restore once and I dont fancy doing another. I think this is the problem: DirectX Download Page If you look at the supported systems, Microsoft XP SP2 is not listed. That explains why the damn thing wont install, but now I wonder how long it will be before we see a version of DirectX9 that will install onto an SP2 system. This is so frustrating, and there seems to be no official word on the issue or when it will be fixed.

Im not trying to get Sims 2 to work, but I have the same problem as some of you people. Whenever I try to install DirectX 9.0c it just jumps straight to the "installation complete" screen without installing anything. Checking dxdiag I still have 9.0b installed. I tried one of the solutions listed earlier (replacing the directx 9.0c DLLS with the 9.0b DLLS) and got the thing to install. But now when I run dxdiag, it still says "DirectX 9.0b" but the version number reads 4.09.0000.0904. This is the version number for 9.0c! And I still can't get World Of Warcraft running (the reason I need 9.0c) If anyone has found any new solutions, I would be very grateful.