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Index of Frequently Asked Questions Click on a question to find the answer What are the Minimum System Requirements for The Sims 2? I NEED HELP FAST!!!! HOW DO I GET IT? How do I find out about my computer's specifications? How do I get the Official Maxis Patches? (links to the EA...
Many players have gotten in deep trouble installing University. It is safe to assume that the future expansion packs (eg Nightlife) are highly likely to cause similar problems when it appears. What follows is a breakdown of the best steps to take before, during and after installing an Expansion...
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if i have the Sims 2 Double Deluxe installed and i want to install the Sims 2 Holiday Edition do i have to uninstall the Sims 2 Double Deluxe?
I installed Sims 2 Freetime and all was going well. This is the 2nd time I've installed Sims 2 (and Seasons and Best of Business) because it crashed before and I lost all my third generation self-created families. So when I reinstalled Sims 2 and Seasons and added Freetime. I skipped "Best of...
Hiya :) I have a problem with my sims 2 disk. When i insert the disk it dont load up. I've tried to go to my computer and the disk drive image doesnt change. When i right click and select open/ explore it says "please insert a disk into drive F:" :mad: Other details:- Laptop (Vista) ...
Hey, i have the Bon Voyage EP, but when i put it in my computer it wont run I've tried going through my computer and clickting the icon there but that also wont work. It's not coming up with the picture it comes up with for the other EP's i have either. I think the installer is broken, does...
Hi there, I'm having the same problem as lyndsey2906 but I wasn't sure if I was suppose to post in that thread or start a new one. Sorry if I made a mistake. I have my info listed below Processor: Intel Pentium M processor 1.60 GHz System Memory RAM: 1014MB RAM Windows Version: Microsoft XP...
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3500+, MMX, 3DNow, ~2.2GHz Memory: 990MB RAM Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional (5.1, Build 2600) Free Hard Disc Space: 2.95 GB Total Hard Disc Space: 175 GB DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c Display Adapter: NVIDIA GeForce 6100 Display...
Hi all, My Nightlife (and Open for business) won't install.When i run the set up, the DOS screen quickly flashes by and that's it.I've installed the game from the same cd before and it worked fine (on xp though).The icon of the autorun also doesn't look as it should.Normally, on all the other...
Its driving me crazy, honestly TS NIGHTLIFE is by far my favorite expansion, but i cant install it, some one help please. Every Time i go to install it it gets to about 44% and then read : 'TSData\Res\Sound\Sfx1.package', what does this mean and what can i do to fix it, somebody message me...
I have vista for my computer and installing Sims 2 was fine. I recently bought Sims 2 Pets and I installed it, all fine, until the update stage where I have to put disc 4 in. I put the disc in and up comes this,' TS2UPDO.exe has stopped working' and BOOM! Installation terminated So I download...
I just got Apartment Life/put the disk in the drive... autoplay fired up and told me "Unable to locate required file or required file is corrupted: C:\DOCUME~1\OWNER\Locals\~1\TEMP\IXP000.TMP\AutorunGUI.DLL" So, being a responsible person with a never cleaned out temp folder, I cleared all of...
well if any of you have all of the expansion packs of the sims 2 then you know how much of a pita it is to install them all. what i want to try to figure out how to do is to just copy my reg entries for the game and the installation files and to magically get the game to run without reinstalling...
I used to play The Sims 2 all the time when I first bought it, but now when I try to install it, this message pops up: A problem occurred when trying to transfer the file 'TSData\Res\Sims08.package' from the media. I have no idea what it means, but it keeps popping up no matter how many times...
hi, i need some help! i just bought and downloaded sims stories to my laptop (i say just it took 8 hours!) i tried to run the game and got the error message "cannot find direct x9.0c ..." i then downloaded it from windows but am still getting the same messagewhen i try to run the game. can...
We own Sims 2 and the Sims 2 Pets expansion. It's only installed on one system (a Macintosh), but in order to play the Pets CD has to be in the computer. While there the drive is spinning constantly, creating a lot of wear on the disk and making a lot of noise. And, it's a laptop so the computer...
So I've been having many problems with my sims 2 before, so I uninstalled everything. Before, I had seasons, nightlife, university, open for business and pets. Anyways, when I uninstalled it and re-installed the Sims 2 game, it gives me this message: You are running the wrong version of The...
i have a really irritating problem with my sims 2 deluxe edition i got it the other day, and i installed it, it was fine, and it worked, and i played it . i finished, i saved and i quit, took the game out put it in the case, shut down my laptop, the next day i went to play it again, and it kept...
Hi there. I recently installed The Sims 2 and Open For Business on my Vista laptop. They appeared to work just fine. Yesterday I bought the newer version of the Seasons Expansion pack. I installed it and it works fine, however, it won't acknowledge that I have Open For Business installed. That...
HI, I thought I should just post a new thread, maybe grasp the attention of all you helpful folk. Well, sister's got her own computer meaning that I still have this one to myself, but we got some professionals to do some stuff with it and make it go faster and have more hard disk space (we have...
I have had the sims 2 night life for awhile and even had it installed, but my game crashed and i needed to reinstall everything. When I tried installing the night life expansion it didn't work. Before even putting in the second CD a message comes up saying: a problam occured when trying to transfer...
Processor: Name and speed (MHz/GHz)-Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.60GHz System Memory RAM (MB/GB)-504MB RAM Windows Version (98/XP etc.)-XP Home Edition Free Hard Disk Space-12.81 GB Total Hard Disk Space-37.25 GB DirectX Version-DirectX 9.0c Display Adapter (Graphic/Video Card) Name &...
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo CPU T8300 @ 2.40 GHz System Memory RAM (MB/GB): 2038 ram Windows Version (98/XP etc.): XP Pro Free Hard Disk Space: 128 GB Total Hard Disk Space: 144 GB DirectX Version: 9.0c Display Adapter (Graphic/Video Card): Mobile Intel 965 Express Chipset Family Display...
Well i got the game today :D Yay! But, it this happens http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q260/Redayo/3.jpg Any ideas on what to do would be appreciated:happy:
My problem is this, I can install the sims 2 perfectly fine. Some of the expansions work just fine (Nightlife/Bon voyage) and all the stuff packs install just fine and dandy. But some most of the expansions get all the way through the install, check for updates, but after that it goes to the please...
I lost the fourth cd to my Sims 2 game, so I tried my sister's Sims 2 Deluxe cd, and my computer wouldn't read it. I went out and bought the Double Deluxe, and the same thing happens. The window that would pop up automatically to install it doesn't come, and when I go through my control panel and...
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