eqgame.exe !!!Follow

So I just bought and loaded up EQ1 and did the initial patch that took freakin forever. But when i tried to actually play the game, i got the eqgame.exe error message. "could not find d39x9_30.dll" bla bla bla, and it told me to try reinstalling the application. with everquest, thats a lot easier said than done. in loathe to reinstall everything if there is another way to fix this. anyone run into this problem before? please help. i havent even gotten to the point where i set up my EQ account or anything. thanks