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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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| My operating system is Xp,graphics card sis and i have been trying to load the sims 2 Dvd edition for the past few days.But whenever it is about to load,it says that it cannot locate e cd rom and to disable cd/dvd emulation software.It won't load! |
26 Dec 2004, 06:18 |
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5 Jan 2005, 15:30 |
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| Hi there! I am running SIMS2 on Pentium 4 xp,everything goes fine except for the face-pictures.On the left-hand side of the screen where i am supposed to see my Sims' faces i see empty green squares.This happens only with the Sims i create. Any patches? |
3 Apr 2005, 15:49 |
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7 Aug 2005, 13:47 |
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| I've installed the game, and played on it, but the graphics are atrocious, I can't see what's in their thought bubbles its all so blurred, i tried upping the graphics on the options bar, but it still doesnt work, any suggestions? |
27 Dec 2004, 13:13 |
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24 Jan 2005, 18:42 |
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| 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 |
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18 Jan 2005, 01:19 |
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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 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 have problems with the sims 2 installation. The installation goes fine until it reaches near 25% wich , i guess , is the end of the cd 1. But instead of asking for cd 2 , a window prompts and says: Installation sucessful. |
25 Mar 2005, 15:47 |
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27 Mar 2005, 00:25 |
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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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| ive insatlled the sims2 and in need the directX 9.0c thing wat do i do? |
12 Dec 2004, 09:38 |
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24 Jan 2005, 18:35 |
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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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| I have an installation problem. I get a pop-up window which says; "PLease Enter Disk #1", and that it. Even though disk #1 is in the DVD it still asks for Disk #1. I'm at a loss here, anyone?? |
6 Dec 2005, 02:40 |
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29 Jan 2006, 04:20 |
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| Not only do I get an error while updating with Sims 2 Disc 4, I had the same probl;em while installing Sims 2 patches! What's going on? I just bought my Sims University and I'm sooooo psyche to play and now this happen! |
2 Feb 2006, 04:22 |
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24 Apr 2006, 01:47 |
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| How will I install the SIMS II? |
7 Jan 2006, 05:38 |
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25 Jan 2006, 17:43 |
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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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| how can i spped up my game play cos its goin reli slow but i have the rite graphics card and everything? |
19 Aug 2005, 16:08 |
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20 Aug 2005, 02:47 |
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| I have had the Sims2 on my computer for awhile and it has been working perfectly. I received the University expansion pack for Christmas and loaded it, but I can't get it to work. The main menu loads fine. The neighbourhood view is fine. However when I... |
13 Jan 2006, 00:22 |
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1 Aug 2006, 15:43 |
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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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| 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 Sims 2 but can't run setup.exe or autorun.exe. It says "The Program is too big to fit in memory". First it complained about autoexec.nt, I fixed it, and now this question. What to do??? :( |
8 Oct 2005, 00:39 |
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8 Oct 2005, 12:46 |
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| Is the Sims 2 disc needed for expanion install and game play? |
7 Nov 2006, 02:26 |
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27 Dec 2006, 09:59 |
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| I ve oredi installed The Sims,The Sims Unleashed and The Sims Makin' Magic.However when i click start,it asks me to put in the correct CD. |
20 Dec 2004, 08:15 |
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7 Jan 2005, 00:09 |
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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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| Installed the game fine. I have all the requirements needed. Manage to play the game. Save and quit the game as per normal but when I wanna start the game again it says "The application has crashed. The application will now terminate." Why?? |
15 Jul 2005, 04:33 |
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22 Jul 2005, 00:29 |
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| 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? |
12 Dec 2004, 21:16 |
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