help with spore and directX

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#1 Orpheus95
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ok this is really annoying, i was able to play spore for a while then i didnt play for a bit but now ive been trying to get back on but its saying that im missing directX or sumthing like that, and as far as i know i already have the november 2008 version of directX, PLEASE HELP
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#2 adrake4183
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Just reinstall the game. You probably just have a corrupted file.
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#3 Orpheus95
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yea i tried that a few times, but it always just ends up with the same error message

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#4 adrake4183
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Okay then that's a little harder. What Operating system are you using? What video card? And what's the exact error message?
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if by like operating system u mean like wut windows then im using vista, and not really sure bout the video card, and the error message says "Could not find the default preferences. The data directory is missing or corrupt. [1004]" then it says "could not create the Graphics Device. Direct X is unavailable. [1002]" idk if any of that helps