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i downloaded a house from the sims exchange. Now, when i go to the neighbourhood the lot is totally empty, no mailbox or trashcan ether and i can't click on the lot because my game crashes, i tried to download and ad a new house but that won't work,! 28 Sep 2004, 10:19 1 24 Jan 2005, 18:04 2188
I have XP and have the sims 1 installed, when I try to install the expansion packs it tells me that the original sims cannot be found on my system and to re-install, however it is there and it plays. All original discs. Help! 24 May 2006, 17:02 2 5 Jun 2006, 16:05 2188
I have EPs installed, and then I bought Deluxe, can I install deluxe without uninstalling everything. Will my game crash if I just install it without uninstalling? 2 Jul 2004, 23:47 2 5 Jul 2004, 00:49 2188
How do I save my game so that when I reinstall my sims I will still have my previous games back as per normal? I had reformat my PC several times last month and kept losing my games. I don't wanna start everything from scratch again! 12 Sep 2004, 09:37 1 13 Sep 2004, 01:35 2188
i have istalled the sims deluxe edition that contains 'the sims' ,the sims livin it up,the sims creator,and exclusive deluxe content and i have also sims unleashed....i want to install new skins and stuff but i don t know how??? 15 Jan 2006, 17:18 5 2 Mar 2012, 08:22 2188
I want to install sims 2 but i never registered my sims 1 expansion pack, will that matter when I want to install the new game or register it? 18 Nov 2006, 09:38 1 25 Jan 2007, 00:29 2188
I cannot get the sims deluxe to run, so i tried reinstalling it. At the end of it, it said "error setting version in registry aborting installation" how can i sort it out? 1 Jul 2005, 21:09 3 1 Aug 2005, 21:13 2188
I got The Sims & Livin Large & I'm just starting so I have like only 6 houses from the very start of the game when it was installed. & I want to have neighborhood so I downloaded houses, but I don't know how to install them & how can I do it successfully. 23 Aug 2004, 14:22 1 23 Aug 2004, 23:02 2189
I am running Windows XP SP2 and I have the Sims Complete Collection. When I click on Install, it gives me an EPSON Scan dialog box for some reason. Is there any way I can fix this and get it to install? 25 Dec 2005, 21:00 1 19 Jan 2006, 20:13 2189
i Have The Sims,Livin'Large and House Party,and game is working.But when i install Hot Date my sims are not movin,and the time is stop. 11 Dec 2004, 15:34 1 1 Jan 2005, 03:59 2189
I lost my installation code and i have no idea what to do I went to maxis and no one would help me... 6 Dec 2006, 23:56 1 20 Dec 2006, 02:47 2190
I tried to instal The Sims deluxe Edition, but when I click instal, it just starts installing on a random hard disc without asking! 10 Sep 2004, 19:08 1 16 Oct 2004, 02:43 2190
How do you get Directx 9.0c? 19 Nov 2006, 09:50 1 28 Nov 2006, 20:24 2191
I installed all the extension packs till SS but when i play the game, options such as throw a party and going on vacation dont appear.wat should i do? 14 Nov 2004, 20:22 1 7 Jun 2005, 22:39 2191
is the sims delux edition an extra pack or a full game on its own. 3 Sep 2006, 22:09 1 7 Sep 2006, 03:09 2192
I used to have original sims, livin large, and house party on one system (98). I reinstalled everything on my new CPU. which has more than the requirementes but also XP. Everything is fine until i try to transfer all my oldskins/neighborhoods.What's wrong 12 Oct 2005, 06:59 1 3 Feb 2006, 02:19 2192
While trying to install Makin' Magic (all other exp packs installed in order) It goes along fine until it gets to the second disc where it says "Now patching previous version of the sims," where it freezes. 21 Aug 2004, 21:01 1 7 Sep 2004, 07:03 2192
Moving to another Hard Drive...? Can I move all of my Sims stuff including the game to the second Hard Drive on my PC so I can keep my current Sims and their Status? 11 Jun 2005, 06:17 1 12 Jun 2005, 01:31 2192
How much objects can you have in your game when you have ts,living large, superdeluxe(with houseparty) vacation and making magic? 9 Oct 2004, 00:03 3 9 Oct 2004, 20:04 2192
I had to unistall and reinstall everything last night. I cant reinstall houseparty, unleashed, and superstar cause i lost my users manual and I dont have the installation codes. Will EA Tech support help me? 1 Mar 2006, 14:47 1 4 Mar 2006, 15:13 2193
i put in the disk and started installation. Then i quit installation when it was installing. Now when i try to install it does it really quickly and doesn't let me play the game!! What should i do???? 28 Feb 2004, 16:36 2 21 Mar 2004, 14:17 2193
i went to the directx website to download the direct x 9.0 and it started to install but then it said it didn't copy a file what does that mean like what file wasn't copied? 12 Dec 2004, 21:28 4 2 Mar 2012, 08:29 2194
I have The Sims Deluxe edition and every time I try to play it crashes at "emotional weights". I have already used all the sims shortcuts, ended all task manger processes, reinstalled it several times, and even defraged my computer. PLEASE HELP ME. 31 Aug 2007, 10:18 1 21 Feb 2008, 14:40 2194
I have a dell computer, i tried installing the sims 2 university but it stops at 51%. i saw that it was something with the dell drive but when i was going to download it, it said to have a floppy disk, but our computer doesnt have a floppy disk drive.help 14 Jun 2006, 06:55 1 25 Jun 2006, 12:36 2194
When I try to install The Sims Deluxe Edition, when it asks for the second disk, I put it in and it comes up with an error "file transfer error" or something like that. How can I install the game? 8 Jul 2005, 09:37 1 9 Jul 2005, 00:18 2195
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