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| My friend is having a problem. Whenever she goes on TS2 it gets to the neighbourhood screen and then goes colourful and restarts her computer. What is happening? |
3 Oct 2004, 19:39 |
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25 Oct 2004, 20:10 |
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| 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 |
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27 Nov 2005, 11:09 |
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| help! I have completly installed sims 2 but when i try and open it i can see the screen but bout 2 seconds after it says "Sims 2 has encounter a problem and will now close" It does this everytime! why? |
11 Nov 2004, 20:46 |
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11 Nov 2004, 23:55 |
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| 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 |
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28 Sep 2005, 07:15 |
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| 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 |
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28 Apr 2006, 22:04 |
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| Do i have to Install the original first? |
17 May 2006, 16:08 |
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1 Jul 2006, 12:22 |
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| I just bought the Sims 2 University and when I tried to install it, it got to 65% and a box popped up that sayed TSData\Res\userData\Thumbnails\CasThumbnails from the media. And it says retry or cancel. |
26 Jan 2006, 00:08 |
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28 Apr 2006, 21:55 |
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| I have Sims 2, So im not asking for a crack/serial, but my 4th disk is very badly damage so on 99% (not joking) It stops the installation and comes up with an error. Does anyone know where I can download Sims 2? |
28 Sep 2006, 10:51 |
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6 Oct 2006, 13:52 |
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| help i hve downloaded the directX 9.0 so why isnt it working? |
11 Dec 2004, 23:39 |
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12 Dec 2004, 01:29 |
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| I am trying to install sims2 and it loads fine then it tries to run ok but the screen flickers between normal and bright red which makes it impossible to play, I have a duron 1200+ and geoforce 5200. Any suggestions please!!! |
12 Aug 2005, 10:26 |
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12 Aug 2005, 12:02 |
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| everytime i wan to start da game sim2 university,there's always a box poppin out sayin dat i muz insert da right cd and restart da application..can any1 solve dis? |
22 Nov 2006, 05:25 |
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29 Dec 2006, 09:13 |
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| hi all, iv finally got sims2 installed but every time i put the disk in it says an error with direct draw, iv installed dx 9.0, what do i do???? |
26 Jan 2005, 19:57 |
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13 Aug 2005, 07:37 |
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| I tried installing sims 2. a screen came up but then a sign came up saying "the application has crashed,the application will now terminate". i followed the instructions and have installed direck x.My video card is ok so why isn't it working? |
2 Jan 2006, 15:09 |
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6 Mar 2006, 15:27 |
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| I hav a problem. My Sims2 installed perfectly, it works smooth, but Build Mode doesn't work. |
28 Mar 2005, 16:07 |
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10 Apr 2005, 14:21 |
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| I installed sims2 then when i try to play it i get this message "please instert the correct cd-rom,select ok and restart application" any ideas? |
4 Aug 2005, 16:38 |
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3 Sep 2005, 07:59 |
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| had a problem with game playing properly.copied ea games folder to desktop.reinstalled sims 2 and uni.paste ea games folder back.now i have no neighbourhoods. i spent ages on sims i cant just restart evryting! |
18 Sep 2005, 14:26 |
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18 Sep 2005, 19:41 |
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| I successfully installed the sims 2, but when I try to start it up, a white screen appears with the sims 2 logo. After about 3-5 minutes, i get this. The Sims 2 has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. Why? |
13 Feb 2007, 01:18 |
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14 Feb 2007, 20:09 |
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| I just purchased TS2 for Mac. No one was sure whether it would run. But I have close to the system requirements. I drag the folder onto the harddrive and it copy's it fine. But it doesn't even load when I double click it. I can't even get the game to run. |
15 Oct 2005, 18:01 |
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21 Apr 2006, 16:58 |
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| 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 |
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5 May 2005, 01:34 |
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| I bought The Sims 2 recently this year and when I tried to play it, it gave me this error"Graphics Adapter has Experienced a Internal Error" my computer is only 2 years old and can run the old sims and every one of its expansion packs so what should I do? |
8 Dec 2006, 01:58 |
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13 Dec 2006, 08:09 |
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| I have nightlife installed on my computer. But when i just installed open for business, an message pops up saying "you have just uninstalled nightlife, if you continue, your... will be deleted". Is there a way to not make it uninstall? |
17 Feb 2007, 22:48 |
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30 Oct 2007, 15:28 |
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| I have the sims 2 and it will not load at all. I have XP but I cannot find anything wrong I tried setup.exe on run, but it tells me to goto my control panel, which it cannot read the disk when I add/remove programs. |
16 Oct 2004, 18:55 |
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24 Dec 2004, 06:34 |
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| when you want to download something for the sims 2 from www.thesims2.com you need to be registrated? |
10 Jan 2005, 21:44 |
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24 Jan 2005, 18:38 |
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| hi, when i install the sims 2 it doesn't ask for cd 3, it tries to copy the control2.dat file which is on the third cd, how can i get it to ask for the third cd before copying that file |
23 Dec 2005, 01:14 |
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16 Apr 2006, 12:24 |
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| I downloaded Maxis' Sims 2 Content Manager, but it is not working at all. It just keeps saying "Error!", when trying to start it. I have tried all the tricks I have found, now I'm getting desperate here! |
26 Dec 2006, 21:03 |
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