Sims 2 Suddenly Not Wanting To Work. (?)
Oct 10, 2008
my Sims 2 Double Deluxe used to work... For about 2 months. But, about 10 minutes ago, I tried to play again. An error came up."Unable to retrieve a DirectX 9 adaptable graphics card!!" or whatnot. Somewhere along those lines. On my computer at my house (I am at my dads) it does the same thing, but I understand because the card is OLDDDD. But, here, I have Windows Vista Home Premium and a newww graphics adapter!!! Quote: Name: Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family And the chip has the proper amount of memory. I am so confused. x.x
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Nov 23, 2008
Alright, so I know I have all the updated drivers for my audio and video.I know Sims 2 can work on my laptop. I have a Dell Inspiron 1525 laptop. I have an Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T5800 @ 2.00GHz 2.00 Ghz 3GB RAM. 32 Bit OS. (anything else you need to know?)
I'll open Sims 2, loads fast. I click on a neighborhood, and the trees are white and have words on them, like coding. I go to make a family, the brick isn't showing up either. It's white with the words too. Things work for a few seconds, then a message pops up and says "Application has crashed. The application will now terminate." I click OK, and it closes. I've tried installing and uninstalling. I've downloaded and installed the patches, nothing seems to work.
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Apr 10, 2008
We can not play either Sims 1 or 2 on our new Dell PC with Home Vista.
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Mar 23, 2008
My Sims 2 game will not work. When I first used it it told me I needed a patch from the maxis website, so I downloaded it. When I start the game now it freezes at the beginning where it says Sims 2. My computer is a Gateway with Windows Home Vista Premium. It has a AMD Athlon 64 x2 Dual Core Processor 5000+ 2.60 GHz.
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Application Version: 12.0.6316.5000..................
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Mar 23, 2008
how to run the sims 2 on vista? I have installed it but there is an "compatibility problem" error and I can't play the game. I have downloaded a patch to it but did not help. Only splash screen is on the screen and then system freezes strangely, I can't run task manger nor reebot my computer even turn it off from the start menu, i can only reset it by pressing the button on the tower
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Aug 12, 2008
I Have Sims 2 and it worked perfectly fine month ago and all of sudden it keeps crashing.
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Jul 18, 2009
I have The Sims 2, I always use to play it, but my other laptop broke and I got this one and I tried installing the sims 2! But it stops on disc 1, 18%! Unless I eject and click retry it loads up 1% I kept doing that once and when it finally hit 100% it did nothing and went off for some reason!
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Dec 12, 2008
I had a Windows XP, with the xp theme, pointers, backgrounds, screen savers etc, and i had the sims 2 installed on it, it was working good, but a bit slow, i sent my computer to get formatted, when i got my pc again, some changes were on it, it changed to vista screen savers, wallpapers, pointers and theme, but when i opened Start and chose run and typed DXDIAG, i still see windows xp pro, and my system became Black xp and the formatter installed Vista Inspirat 2 1.0, when i installed the sims 2 again, it reaches 1% and (an error occurred while copying the file (***/***/***) from the media.
press retry to retry copying the file or cancel to cancel the installation) When I press retry, the same window with the error appears again, again, again and again. When I press cancel the installation cancels. What should I do? Should i uninstall the vista inspirat, or the sims 2 wont work on my pc?
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May 15, 2010
I used to have it on my computer.
But last time I tried to play it didn't work.
It said that I have to re-install it. But when I put the disc in it say that it cant find the location folder.
So I tried to un-install, but it say I cant do that.
I looked through previous threads here, and found one about how to delete it from the start menu -> regedit etc.
Follewed the intstructions, but I dont have a EA game folder, Maxis folder or any other folder for the game.
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Apr 15, 2009
Its vista premium sp1: 3 gigs of ram: NVIDIA GEFORCE 6150 se Graphics: AMD ATHLON X2 4400 dual core processor
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Feb 28, 2009
this is an old issue some ppl have had, unfortunately none of the answers received have helped me with my current issue...i upgraded my PC, and with that i went from Vista 32bit to Vista 64bit, and re-installed all the old games i had on my old machine onto the new one. i installed the main game for Sims2 (no expansions installed yet) and tried to run it and nothing happens. i ran it in compatibilty mode and nothing happens. i ran it in both comp. mode and as admin and nothing happens. i had no problem playing it on my old machine, and this one is 100x better, but Sims simply wont start. every other game i tried, from GTA to Crisis to CoH to AoC works fine, only Sims wont even start. i tried the patch at the Sims site and it says my Sims game is up to date. i cant believe that going from 32bit to 64bit would make such a difference.
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Mar 15, 2008
I bought sims 2 to play on my Toshiba laptop, which runs with Vista, and it worked fine for aaaages, but then one day when i took my sim lady downtown, it froze while loading the downtown screen, and when i restarted and re-opened that family, it wouldnt work and was constantly frozen. since then it crashed everytime i tried starting sims or saving a family id made. it doesnt even stay on long enough to move a family into a house. I dont get an error message, it just stops loading or freezes. When i ctrl alt and del it says the programme is not responding. I bought sims seasons, and im still having the same problem. i have ran numerous virus checks and my laptop is fine. ive also uninstalled and reinstalled many times. Ive also tried changing game compatability without success. Ive gone as far as going and buying a new sims 2!
Here are my directX Diagnostics..
System Information
Time of this report: 3/15/2008, 14:15:51
Machine name: BETHANYGEORGIA
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Home Premium (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_gdr.071023-1545)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: TOSHIBA
System Model: Satellite L40..........
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Aug 20, 2008
Well I wanted to run the Sims 2, Pets,Seasons and Open for Business on Vista 32, can I?
Here are my specs,
OS Name Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Version 6.0.6000 Build 6000
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name AMYROCKS-PC
System Manufacturer HP Pavilion 061....
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Apr 16, 2008
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Feb 20, 2009
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