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My cousin just got Sims BonVoyage i have Sims Nightlife I want to be abled to Instal sims 2 bon voyage but use nightlifes disk so i can give her the game back i have tried instaling night life then bonvoyage and the other way around. But it dosnt work out 29 Dec 2007, 02:05 4 28 Feb 2008, 18:48 2382
Recently installed Sims 2, and when I tried to load the Goth family, it started loading for five minutes, and froze. Help? 25 Dec 2004, 06:31 3 18 Jan 2005, 23:26 2384
can i install the sims 2 on my computer, my other specs are fine, but what about with this as my graphics card-SiS 650_651_M650_740 26 Dec 2004, 00:26 4 2 Mar 2012, 08:04 2387
Aye if you buy Sims 2 University, do you have to buy the regular Sims 2 to have most things from the regular Sims 2 to the Sims 2 University 24 Jan 2006, 23:11 2 15 Mar 2006, 01:59 2391
Does it matter which order you install the EPs? I have OFB but I want NL, will I have to unistall anything? And which disk would i use to play? 25 Aug 2006, 13:35 2 25 Aug 2006, 17:13 2392
i cant find the answer to this on here anywhere the exact message im getting when i try to start the game is "failed to intialize Direct3d. Please make sure directx 9.0c has been installed on this system. the application will now terminate what do i do 30 Sep 2004, 02:43 6 11 Feb 2005, 01:25 2393
Does the Patch slow the game down? coz wen i installed it, the whole game ran like it was on Nvidia Geforce 4200 - my old graphics card - and i didnt know why! Do any programmes affect game play? Norton Antivirus Didnt before, It ran fine!? im puzzled! 4 Dec 2004, 20:53 4 5 Dec 2004, 17:44 2393
When I tried to upload my story to thesims2.com, there was this msg: "Upload failed. Transfer timed out. Error code: 6 Transaction ID: 3719047311" The website says it could be a slow connection. But I am using 256K, is it still not fast enough? 27 Dec 2004, 15:44 4 22 Jan 2005, 16:59 2393
When installing directX 9.0 what folder are you suppose to install it in? 15 Aug 2005, 22:35 5 2 Mar 2012, 08:29 2395
same problem here whenever i install the sims2 it says 9.c direct x althought i have it, but the problem is that im running windows 98 and intel graphics 810 and i want to update it i tried to go on the site but i cant update please help is there another 24 Sep 2004, 11:28 1 1 Nov 2004, 22:07 2411
Sims 2 has worked without problems for ages, and now suddenly, it doesn't start! 2 Sep 2008, 12:16 1 3 Sep 2008, 15:12 2413
My sims2 game was working fine on my xp computer until we moved it upstairs,everytime it trys to load up it now says unspecified error and stops loading,could this be due to firewalls or virus software on my computer,if so how can i fix it please? 17 Jan 2005, 20:56 1 18 Jan 2005, 01:19 2418
hi.I just bought ts2 and i try to install it.When it starts to say the % of the installation it stops at 1% saying that a problm occured in transfering the D:\Support\es\Leeme.txt.Retry or cancel?i retry but it keeps asking ma 9 Mar 2007, 00:12 2 23 Mar 2007, 12:09 2421
dose it work on Win98? 26 Sep 2004, 21:02 4 23 Mar 2007, 05:42 2424
When I load the Sims 2 onto my laptop the screen display has either "slipped" so I can't see the control panels etc, or they're just not there. All I can see is current sims actions at the top. I'm guessing screen res issues but how do I fix it? Thanks 5 Jun 2006, 16:03 1 6 Jun 2006, 15:36 2426
i have sims 1 can i install any of the sims 2 expansion packs 22 Jan 2006, 15:58 2 18 Apr 2006, 16:46 2437
I am TRYING to install the Sims 2. It stays at 23% on the 2nd Disc everytime...I have waited about 2 hours. Is this normal? I have Windows XP so it should work. 1 Aug 2006, 03:08 2 17 Feb 2012, 03:54 2450
When i insert disk one of the sims 2, after a few seconds of installation, a error comes up saying ' a problem occurred whentrying to transfer the file 'TSData\Res\Sims3D\Sims0.8package' from the media.' then when i try to retry it happens again!HELP ME!! 18 Apr 2006, 16:44 1 27 Jul 2006, 03:24 2473
When I download Sims 2 it comes up with a error message at the end saying the File .DLL is missing. Does anyone know what this is? 11 Oct 2004, 14:53 2 11 Oct 2004, 20:43 2477
I just bought the sims 2 yesterday and the installation went fine and everything, but when I tried to open it up, an error message came up and said that I needed "DirectX 9.0c compatible grphics adapter"... I have windows ME, can someone help? 9 Nov 2004, 20:56 2 10 Nov 2004, 00:16 2479
I have bought a brand new Dell 2400 Computer. I'm trying to install TS2 and it stops at 23% over and over. The game then ceases to respond. I've seen other people with this problem but no one has said what a solution is.. 31 May 2005, 01:48 4 27 Jul 2005, 20:15 2479
If I buy Sims 2, University and Nightlife expansion packs which disk do I need to run the program 30 Nov 2005, 01:19 1 12 Jan 2006, 22:38 2481
I keep on trying to install Sims 2 Holiday expansion pack...first disc works and it asks for disc 2..i put it in, but when it reaches 32% it freezes up and stops responding..i have a dell inspiron 1300, can i fix this:? on another try, it stops at disc 4 6 Apr 2006, 06:34 5 2 Mar 2012, 08:29 2505
When I try to download the sims 2 University Expansion Pack the installation process stops at the file "TSBin/Sims2EPI.exe, by this point it is at 65% progress...it won't go any further ...I have windows xp and a brand new computer 5 Sep 2005, 11:20 4 6 Sep 2005, 02:13 2519
Wen i tried installing sims 2 it says i need directx 9.0 so i tried installing directx 9.0 from microsoft.com and it said it was going to take 16 hours, is there any faster site.. so it wont take so long to download directx 9.0??? 13 Aug 2005, 06:22 2 14 Aug 2005, 08:32 2532
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