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I installed Sims and House party onto my daughters PC it worked then crashed and I reinstalled however, having done this when I select play it fails with a Microsoft error “that the program has encounted a problem and needs to close.	26 Feb 2005, 14:57	1	1 Aug 2005, 20:59	2690
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	2691
I was trying to dload LL, and autoplay would come up, so i dloaded it from the setup folder, but only parts of LL are installed when i run it now. Like there is only 1 neighborhood and only certain items, no new skins, only old jobs, etc. What can I do?	20 Feb 2006, 23:03	1	5 Aug 2006, 18:27	2693
I have a Superstar CD-s and I installed previous CD-s. My problem here is when I'm ending Superstar installation error comes up.I'm sorry I forgot what it says but it ends my installation and mess up my whole game. What to do?	27 Nov 2005, 21:48	1	9 Apr 2006, 13:27	2693
I uninstalled Sims double deluxe about a month ago. Now I want to reinstall it so I followed the procedure and when it is downloading it will go up to 4% and then just stops and wont fdownload past 4%, I have newer computer and it is usually very fast????	28 Dec 2004, 07:19	3	27 Feb 2005, 19:58	2693
I lost the first cd of the simes deluxe edition, i have the second cd and the code.. is there anyway i can avoid rebuying the game?	26 Oct 2005, 12:10	1	27 Oct 2005, 00:44	2693
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	2694
When i first installed the sims 1 it worked alrite. But then i restarted and now when i try to play the mouse disappears when i hover over a sign...	26 Sep 2004, 03:11	2	8 Jan 2005, 21:59	2695
SS wont install over all other e-packs..why??..I have all e-packs installed up to mm.when i try to add SS the start up screen comes up i click install and nothing happens as if i didnt click install. anyone know why all the other buttons work .	1 Mar 2004, 05:32	1	1 Mar 2004, 18:41	2695
when i try to install sims deluxe edition an error pops up.other answers say that it could be that my computer is to old or slow , how can i tell if this is so ?	30 Dec 2004, 01:59	4	23 Apr 2005, 21:14	2696
i am administrator on win xp have sims deluxe and superstar installed, but my kids like to play it too so how do i let them have access via there own part of pc. we all have own passwords and they are limited users. cant let them log on as administrators	5 Dec 2004, 17:09	2	23 Jan 2005, 04:03	2697
I have the sims1 and house party. I installed the house party after the sims . It installs up fine but when I click the play button it says Insert Correct CD although the house party CD is already inserted.	23 Sep 2004, 13:58	1	16 Oct 2004, 14:57	2697
I am running sims deluxe + sims unleashed + hot date + makin' magic on Windows XP Pro. When I start the program at neighborhood screen it won't open a house although sims music on. I have reinstalled but same thing happens again. What can I do to cure it?	31 Jul 2004, 15:40	2	13 Aug 2004, 18:56	2699
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	2699
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	2703
Hi! I have most the sims, but i recently lost the mm disc and i need that one to play on it so i tried reinstallin ss (so that would be the disc needed to go on it) and it did fine but when i went 2 play it sed plz insert the correct disc.	28 Aug 2004, 18:58	3	30 Aug 2004, 20:10	2704
I keep getting the error "the sims has encountered an error and needs to close" when i reinstall. I've run sim eraser and it doesn't help. It worked fine before I uninstalled it. What can I do?	24 Mar 2005, 08:24	1	27 Mar 2005, 06:07	2706
My "The Sims Superstar" worked good on my WinXP with GeForce2 till I have upgrade my videocard to ATI Radeon 9200 (Catalyst 4.6 drivers). Now "The Sims" just exits at the moment of the initial loading. When I reinstall old GeForce2 it plays well again.	15 Oct 2004, 10:12	3	24 Nov 2004, 18:56	2708
how to install The Sims Deluxe?? it shows up with the different language and i dont know what it is..	27 Aug 2004, 10:07	2	5 Sep 2004, 13:31	2709
I have deluxe ed and downloaded some objects. When I tried 2 play the game it got to the loading sequence and stopped loading. I tried to reinstall and it gets to 24% (25% if im lucky) and stops!	20 Jul 2004, 18:30	4	23 Mar 2006, 23:44	2709
I uninstalled the sims and all of the expansion packs because it was loading fine and before it went on the neighborhood the screen goes black and takes me back to desktop i tried reinstalling it and the same thing happened	18 Aug 2005, 17:15	4	25 Jan 2006, 14:20	2710
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	2711
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	2711
I have re-installed The Sims. I have imported all my old families and houses with The Neighbourhood Handler. When I want to enter a house, the games crashes! I've tried everything. I've done everything properly in TNHH.	23 Jun 2004, 15:44	3	6 Jul 2004, 01:17	2718
i have sims 1 and unleashed exp and it always crashs at the start up where u see the houses and wont ever load...can anyone tell me whats wrong	17 Apr 2006, 02:41	1	23 Apr 2006, 09:19	2719

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