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My loading takes forever, mostly 10-15 minutes. Is there a way it won't take so long to do this?	4 Apr 2004, 21:42	4	13 Apr 2004, 11:47	2245
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	2200
I can't get HD to install. (OS is WinXp) I have Deluxe Ed, and when I put the HD disk in the drive, nothing happens. Run command doesn't work either. When I manually start the "Setup.exe", it tells me it's having trouble closing Autoplay	1 Aug 2004, 11:29	4	17 Feb 2012, 03:38	2381
i've installed house party, hot date, vacation and now i installed unleashed. after these expansion packs, when i start d game: the video appears and then while loading, the games suddenly stops and i return back to my desktop	19 Jan 2005, 20:21	4	22 Apr 2005, 01:40	2304
I have Windows XP on two of the three computers I hve. The other one has 98 (Sims worked fine, but the computer died) The Sims will not work on either XP machine. Is there anything I can do to make it work?	11 Apr 2004, 01:25	4	30 Dec 2005, 15:11	3209
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	2209
I have installed the sims deluxe edition and then installed the sims makin magic expansion after. Whenever i now put the sims deluxe edition disk in it comes up with the message...	19 Jul 2009, 21:07	4	14 Oct 2013, 03:50	28509
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	2249
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	2201
I borrowed the sims 2 from my friend because she hasnt been playing it much, and I was just wondering, if the sims 2 has already been installed and has families etc on it, can you install it on another computer without it wiping all past information etc??	22 Dec 2004, 04:49	4	24 Dec 2004, 03:26	2198
I have the Sims Deluxe, Vacation, Superstar and Makin' Magic. Now i want to buy the rest of the games to complete my series. Is there any way to play the same household i have built until now without having to start again with my newly installed games?	26 Nov 2005, 12:12	4	28 Nov 2005, 12:38	2368
This is just to do with technical. When I save the Sims game, it always saves, but then crashes (returns to desktop). How can I avoid this?	14 Feb 2004, 11:27	4	17 Feb 2004, 17:42	2599
ive downloaded a couple of things, including windows and a bunch of staircases, but when i try to place a staircase of any kind in the houses, it shows up as a window or part of a window. I cant add a second story to any of my houses cuz i cant put stair	26 Dec 2004, 03:31	4	7 Jan 2005, 03:36	2224
I have the sims deluxe edition, I can't seem to get past the start up, when it goes through the begaining it jumps back to my desktop, I was told that it was my S card I went out and got a new SB card and it's still doing it, what can be done about it?	30 May 2004, 02:16	4	3 Aug 2004, 15:48	3179
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	2199
hi! ive installed house party, hot date and vacation and now. when i try to start vacation, it says that the cd is incorrect... what's happenin?	19 Jan 2005, 17:11	4	27 Mar 2005, 06:17	2486
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	2209
Any help installing HD would be greatly appreciated. I get an error at 95% and it won't install.	3 Mar 2005, 06:43	5	2 Mar 2012, 08:21	2371
Everytime I try to go to the "Make or Select a Family" icon it automatically exits the game and brings me back to the desktop	1 Jul 2004, 17:51	5	2 Aug 2004, 02:30	2670
component error transfer	19 Dec 2004, 18:31	5	29 May 2008, 23:10	4328
All my sims have frozen what to do ?This happem when they all got home from work and school.So now all are standing still and non can move at all.Even the houskeeper are frozen.I can built and do everyting else but not move my sims,What can i do to fix it	6 Nov 2006, 11:37	5	2 Mar 2012, 08:08	2354
I'm running windows xp and I just got a new vacation exp. First the game worked with making magic,living large, but afther reinstalling and addding vaccation it crashes in the neigboorhoud	25 Mar 2004, 21:56	6	6 Apr 2004, 16:40	2556
ive tried to install the complete edition but it ask for a password and i dont have it what should i do ??	22 Mar 2006, 23:17	6	15 Dec 2006, 13:34	2484
I have sims deluxe,why is it my game messes up after installing expansion packs? Like it says "enter the right cd" then I put deluxe in and it reinstalls and still doesnt work	26 Feb 2004, 08:39	7	26 Sep 2011, 05:10	5924
Upon reinstallation i get a message: "Could not install ikernel" what do i do?	10 Feb 2004, 06:31	8	19 Mar 2014, 08:47	63941

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