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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 2683
I have uninstalled the sims by mistake but have lost the main sims game. All I have now is the livin it up e pack. How can I get it to work without the main Sims CD? 27 Mar 2004, 18:23 2 28 Mar 2004, 16:31 2683
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 2683
I installed sims 1 on my computer(windows xp) and after autoplay a black screen pops up and then returns to the desktop, the error report says 'The following files will be included in the report C:\DOCUME~1\Mom\LOCALS~1\Temp\646a_appcompat.txt 6 Feb 2007, 10:08 1 11 Feb 2007, 18:29 2683
I have just tried to install Sims Triple Deluxe, can install 4 discs then supposed to re-install disc 1 & 2 but it gets stuck. Any ideas? 4 Jan 2005, 12:40 1 23 Sep 2005, 08:13 2683
Just bought Sims Deluxe Ed. When it asks to put in 2nd CD it freezes. I have stopped ALL other apps, I have a new computer, I even took the game back and got another one still freezes. What now? 29 Sep 2005, 07:02 1 29 Sep 2005, 11:52 2683
I want to save my neighborhoods on disk so i can put them on another computer what files do i need to save? 3 Aug 2004, 03:08 1 21 Aug 2004, 01:33 2684
I'm running windows 2000 and the sims won't install itself and i'm having the hardest time figuring out the manual install. can someone walk me through it or know where to go? 17 Apr 2004, 06:27 1 18 Apr 2004, 14:41 2684
i download a few thing and unzipped them, but when i started it and tryed to select a house, it crashed. what wrong and how can i fix it??? 27 Jul 2004, 01:53 2 3 Aug 2004, 05:20 2684
I downloaded the original sims. And it wrked. so i downloaded house party. It wrked by downloadin it. But me pc doesn't have enough free space to play it. So i want to delete it all to a fresh start. But it wont let me delete the house party or the sims. 2 Jan 2005, 17:26 3 27 Mar 2005, 06:15 2685
when the sims makin magic loading page comes up it shuts off 24 Jun 2005, 03:56 1 16 Jul 2005, 07:51 2685
I just bough the sims 2 pets but i can get it to work! it tells me to insert the sims 2 cd 4 to do an actualization!but then it gives an error and uninstalls everything!can you please help me?? 16 Jan 2007, 20:53 1 10 Feb 2007, 15:46 2685
When I put my CD in to install SIMS it autoruns so I click INSTALL. But it opens up some sort of copy window asking my scanner to copy. I cannot get the installation to work. I tried adding it as a program but that did not work. It seems really odd. 4 Nov 2004, 12:46 4 7 Nov 2004, 19:31 2686
I had to unstall my sims games. now i have to re-install the game but i don't have the CD case code any more. does any on ehave a code i could use? 12 Oct 2005, 04:24 1 13 Oct 2005, 00:04 2686
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 2686
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 2686
i'v got a problem with getting objects and skins from websites i click on download and it always says that there's a problem with the map the download is from, till a few days ago this never happend to me, i haven't change my virus thing or anyting else! 6 Jul 2004, 14:22 1 12 Jul 2004, 21:20 2686
when i install house party the objects don't show up in the game. what's should i do? 14 Feb 2004, 17:27 1 18 Feb 2004, 16:41 2687
I've tried to install the sims 2 on my PC (it's been on it before) and as I go to run the game after installation it gives me this error: "the procedure entry point DdEntry18 could not be located in the dynamic link library DDraw.ddl" ..any insight? 16 Nov 2005, 18:16 1 17 Nov 2005, 14:44 2687
I successully installed the sims but when I try to start the game "the sims deluxe edition" banner appears and then disappeears and then nothing happens! 11 Sep 2004, 01:57 1 14 Sep 2004, 02:57 2687
The sims deluxe cant find solution on any forum. This prob is too long to fit on here so this is a page on my website of the problem thanks! http://www.freewebs.com/circuk/simsdeluxeprobs.htm 27 Dec 2004, 20:59 1 24 Jan 2005, 18:15 2689
i installed the sims and wen i clik on play it Comes up with please insert correct cd wen it already is in and iv re-installed it 3times 15 Sep 2005, 01:03 1 15 Sep 2005, 01:55 2689
I have The Sims Deluxe installed butwhen I go to install Hot Date it says I need Livin' Large to copy some things. is there any way I can get around it? 6 Apr 2005, 02:10 1 7 Apr 2005, 01:36 2689
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 2689
I was installing The Sims Makin Magic on my pc and I had the sims 1, livin large and house party but in the installation said that it needed the sims house party cd to copy some files, and i have lost it. Do I have to buy the sims house party again? 25 Jul 2006, 20:58 1 27 Jul 2006, 17:42 2690
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