Windows ME DirectX problem

Hi everyone! I am having a problem with installing DirectX on my aunt’s ME machine. It starts to install and gets about half way through and then locks up? I have tried installing it off the game disk that she is trying to load and also downloading both DirectX 9 and 8.0a off the internet and they all do the same? Can anyone help me with this one? She really wants to get this game installed?

Thanks