"Please make sure you have DirectX 8.1 or higher installed. Also verify that your video card meets the minimum requirements."
I have:
- Installed latest direct X
- changed the settings Here
- searched all of these pages for solutions Here
- i also had this problem but solved it Here
- Running Windows 8
- also tried this Here
@brewernovascotia wrote:- searched all of these pages for solutions Here
Really? Pretty much the first thing suggested there is "download & install the DirectX SDK from March 2008:" Did you do that?
The link there seems wrong, though. The problem is, you do not need the latest DirectX. You need the older DirectX, namely version 9.0c. Apparently, some of the older components are lacking in the newer DirectX versions. Remember, these are old games.
This should be the right one:
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34429
