Mansions and gardens

I bought and paid for all sims 2 expansion and stuff packs. I discovered SecuROM was a problem and removed it. I want to play my game without using my CD's to avoid SecuROM being put back on my PC. I think it was behind a DVD drive problem I had. I downloaded the no cd crack for M&G and it comes up with the following error message:-

Failed to enumerate any directX compatable graphics adapters in this system

Please make sure you have directX compatable graphics adapter and have installed the latest manufacturer provided driver.

The application will now terminate...

I went to MS site and downloaded the most recent version of DirectX and still can't play. I got the no cd from the mirror#1 site in Europe. I placed it in the M&G folder and removed the original one and put it in a back up location. So I have everything except the original exe in there and the new .exe I downloaded from here.

Can anyone help with this?