I run dxdiag and it shows that direct3d is not there. I thought that it installs with directx (I have just installed the latest version from microsoft) but I seem to be wrong. I checked Microsoft help but they were no help. So, my question is where or how can I install direct3d? Thanks

From here:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=3F2828FA-0E3C-4837-AFC0-6C67DCAA54BF&displaylang=en

No that didn't work. It installed directx 9.0c but direct3d didn't install with it would this be a driver prob.