Sims and XP issues?
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Sims and XP issues?
anyone else having issues running SIms under Win XP??? Was runnnning it under ME for over a year now that Ive upgraded there are problems with the game loading..I looke don thier wnbsite for patches, etc...no luck
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actually I didnt do an upgrade..loaded XP on a fresh new hard drive..reinstalled SIms and all the expansion paks..the game loads but whem you go to load a house or whatever it errors out and goes back to the WIndows desktop. I have heard that there is some compatibilty issues with the SIms and XP?
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I've had a similar problem with XP. But I can run it just fine on my older computer that still runs Win98. Go figure. If you ever come up with a solution please post it or email me.
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Chris
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I have Sims Deluxe w/ no expansions and that installed and runs fine on XP. It has locked up before, but I have not experienced the problems you have. Sorry I can't be more help.
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Well, I've never encountered any problems running the game (and all it's expansions) on XP. As gcribbs suggested, maybe the issue is with your video driver?
Sorry I couldn't be of more service, but I've never had a problem with any of the Sims games on my computer.
Sorry I couldn't be of more service, but I've never had a problem with any of the Sims games on my computer.
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the big problem that i had was that i installed hot date... and it made the game unplayable - kept saying, "insert correct cd-rom". only thing i found was that it could be a safedisc issue.
so i uninstalled everything and reinstalled deluxe only. i was told to install the expansions in order. but i'm keeping them off until i get house party.
vacation and unleashed worked fine.
so i uninstalled everything and reinstalled deluxe only. i was told to install the expansions in order. but i'm keeping them off until i get house party.
vacation and unleashed worked fine.
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Originally posted by Deke Rivers
actually I didnt do an upgrade..loaded XP on a fresh new hard drive..reinstalled SIms and all the expansion paks..the game loads but whem you go to load a house or whatever it errors out and goes back to the WIndows desktop. I have heard that there is some compatibilty issues with the SIms and XP?
actually I didnt do an upgrade..loaded XP on a fresh new hard drive..reinstalled SIms and all the expansion paks..the game loads but whem you go to load a house or whatever it errors out and goes back to the WIndows desktop. I have heard that there is some compatibilty issues with the SIms and XP?