Well, Memnoch, it looks like I've got to do a reinstall on BG2, so it may have been a bad install to begin with. However, I'm glad to get DirectX 8.0 off. When I get home later today, I'm going to scrub off BG2 and reinstall, and then we'll see. I'll let you guys know over at the BG2 forum. Here's hoping!
Thanks for asking,