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Sticky: after installing University/Nightlife expansion pack the instalation starts a mandatory update, and then it crashes when patching *a file* or doesn't do anything. Why does this happen? 25 Aug 2005, 05:13 5 23 May 2012, 05:42 5678
Sticky: I just installed the sims 2, and when I opened it up to start the game an error came up saying "Failed to find any DirectX 9.0c compatible graphics adapters" (or something similar). I have already got DirectX 9.0c, so what's wrong? 21 Sep 2004, 05:02 6 8 Dec 2006, 16:11 79599
when you want to download something for the sims 2 from www.thesims2.com you need to be registrated? 10 Jan 2005, 21:44 1 24 Jan 2005, 18:38 2158
i bought sims 2 yesterday for a brand new dell pentium 4 pc. it won't install.. sometimes it stops on 79% sometimes something else. my daughter is going to kill me!!! 24 Mar 2005, 22:52 3 12 Aug 2006, 13:36 2158
Since i installed direct x 9 iv found some of my direct x files r missin, how do i get these files cuz it wont let me start sims2????????? 18 Jan 2005, 19:16 2 19 Jan 2005, 19:51 2159
Installed game, Win 98SE, Amd 800 Mhz, 384 Mb ram, 40 Gb hd space, DX9.0c, Nvidia Ti4400 graphic gard. When opening game and making character (about max 5 min of start) it just hangs up and must be resetted from reset button... Any ideas ? 9 Oct 2004, 22:11 2 10 Oct 2004, 02:20 2160
Hi there! I am running SIMS2 on Pentium 4 xp,everything goes fine except for the face-pictures.On the left-hand side of the screen where i am supposed to see my Sims' faces i see empty green squares.This happens only with the Sims i create. Any patches? 3 Apr 2005, 15:49 3 7 Aug 2005, 13:47 2160
So wats the requirement for SIMS 2? I have 16 mb ATI Rage128 Ultra(16mb) for the video adapter and Ati rage128pro Agp 4x as its 3d accelerater. Will this work? I have bought too many game which dont work due to hardware and getting sick of it. 14 Apr 2005, 21:57 1 15 Apr 2005, 14:26 2160
I have Sims 2 DVD version. Nothing happens when I put the game in the drive it does not recognise it, EA games cannot help. My system meets requirements and I have tried loads of stuff suggested from EA nothing works. The game will work on other machines 26 Nov 2005, 17:06 2 27 Nov 2005, 11:09 2160
I've owned Sims 2 for over a year, and now my disc 1 of the game broke, where can I get an individual one, besides eBay, for cheap or free? 28 Jan 2007, 19:17 2 25 Aug 2007, 10:17 2160
When I try and install Sims 2 and some expansion packs (Festive Edition, University, Pets + Glamor Life), nothing will start. Is there an order in which to install them? 28 Dec 2006, 15:59 2 30 Dec 2006, 13:25 2160
I'm looking at buying a Celeron 2Ghz processor with 256Mb RAM. Will this be OK to run Sims2 or should it be a Pentium? 4 May 2005, 15:39 1 5 May 2005, 01:34 2160
just installed sims2 onto my new dell 9150 computer and i am getting this cd/dvd emulation software installed disable before use.i had deleted clone cd disabled norton anti-virus ,tried again it still comes up with this message. 30 Mar 2006, 15:37 1 28 Apr 2006, 22:04 2161
I installed the sims 2 in the correct way. I made a downloads folder in the map MY Documents/ EA Games/The Sims 2/Downloads, Downloaded the CEP thing, but still my downloads don't show up in the game. Anyone that can help me? 28 Feb 2007, 12:29 2 30 Mar 2007, 07:44 2161
I keep getting the error message 32791:5 when trying to install the sims 2 holiday party pack. I've tried reinstalling both the ea downloader and the holiday party pack, but I'm still getting the same error message. So now what? 21 Nov 2005, 07:27 1 25 Nov 2005, 01:02 2161
My comp has directx9.0b so i upgraded with the TS2 CD &it says the installation's succesful but TS2 wont run saying that c is not installed (dxdiag still says b).I tried extracting d3d9.dll into system32 MANY TIMES but the replacing file refuses to stick! 22 May 2006, 10:34 2 3 Jun 2006, 07:50 2161
How will I install the SIMS II? 7 Jan 2006, 05:38 1 25 Jan 2006, 17:43 2161
ive lost my game disk and my game has stoped working, it says to put in game disk but i dont want to waste my money on a new game disk. is there anything elce i can do? 25 Nov 2005, 14:15 2 8 Dec 2005, 09:22 2161
SIMS 2 AND ZONE ALARM SECURITY SUITE will not work together for some reason... anybody have any clue why?... i have put sims 2 as a trusted program...but it still won't work.. game comes on but then gets stuck after the ea games screen comes on..thanks 29 Dec 2005, 02:14 1 24 Apr 2006, 23:26 2161
Ok my video card or whatever is a rage pro and i wanted to update it and i downloaded it but where was i suppose to download it to?? 26 Sep 2005, 08:00 2 28 Sep 2005, 07:15 2161
Got Sims 2 from Thailand was told it payed English but there is no option for English Please how do I get it to have English. 9 Nov 2004, 06:03 1 24 Nov 2004, 19:16 2161
I have installed Sims 2 but when I go to launch the game it says I don't have the correct disk or disk not found. How do I get it to work? 3 Aug 2005, 05:24 2 3 Aug 2005, 16:00 2162
I hav a problem. My Sims2 installed perfectly, it works smooth, but Build Mode doesn't work. 28 Mar 2005, 16:07 2 10 Apr 2005, 14:21 2162
i installed sims 2 and when i try to install any expansion pack it installs fine but after its done tries to patch the game and says insert sims 2 cd 4 and when i put it in and hit okay it just keeps asking for the cd 4, i have tried everything i can 31 Dec 2006, 07:35 3 31 Dec 2006, 22:24 2162
i have been playing TS2 and TS2U for quite sometime now, and everything was fine. now, every time i enter a lot to play, the game crashes. Why? 18 Apr 2005, 09:57 2 23 Apr 2005, 20:18 2162
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