[ketsueki13]

I looked through as much of this as I could, but I couldn't find the answer to my problem. We had installed the DVD patch for the original, so non-admin profiles can play. However, non-admin profiles can no longer play. When they try it can't read the DVD, however, the game works fine on admin profiles. Any suggestions?

[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by thisismytear

Hi... my problem with playing the Sims 2 is the last Q & A you posted in this FAQ (the one about it freezing during the game). You said the answer is either not having the right video card or not having enough memory. Neither of these solutions applies to me because I recently bought a brand new, top of the line computer (a Compaq Presario) that has a Pentium 4 processor and 512 MB of memory. I installed the game a few days after I bought my computer and everything was working great. I had no problems at all until recently, my game started freezing out of nowhere. Do you have any ideas? Any help at all would be appreciated.

Make sure your computer is spyware/adware/virus free and make sure you Hard Drive is de-fragmented.

[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by Ali2402

I dont know why but when I play the SIMs 2 game on my Windows computer, it is soooooooooo slow! Is it because I have to much on my computer??? It freezes constantly during gameplay. I need to know why it's doing this!

What's your computer's specs? RAM, Video card, Processor speed. To make it easy go to start, run and type in dxdiag and hit enter. At the bottom of the window click "Save all Information." It will process it then ask you where to save. Save on the desktop then open the file and copy the first 4 sections only, if you copy the whole thing it will be very long and pointless. I want System Information, DxDiag notes, DirectX Debug Levels and Display Devices. Nothing else please. Or if you already know then you can skip all that and tell me

[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by allibabab

I read through most of the thread here, and I saw a few posts that were similar to mine, but I still have a question. Pretty much, my problem has been that my computer crashes after about 5-10 minutes of play. I'm running on Windows XP, my processor is fine -- brand new, 1557.3 speed -- I have Direct X Version 9.0c, my card is new as well -- Celestica Gold Edition Radeon 9200. I used the EAsy Info and it said that all of my things passed, except for my sound stuff, because that is rather old. I tried doing the whole "-w" and "-nosound" thing, and it made the program run just a bit smoother, but it still crashed in the same time, so I'm inclined to believe that the sound isn't the problem at all.

Earlier, someone solved this problem by using fans. I figured that was probably my problem too, the whole overheating thing, so I downloaded SpeedFan, but, to be honest, I'm not sure what it's telling me. The icon on my taskbar over by the clock currently says 55, and when I look at the program, my Fan #1 always has a fire next to it. I'm assuming this means that it's too hot. I'm not sure how to get it cooler. Do I need to buy some sort of fan that goes IN the computer? Or just put a regular fan next to the power tower? I'm not sure what to do with fans. :P

Thanks for any help you can give me in advance.

It probably is overheating. Take the side of the case off and put a large fan next to the side, that would help. You can also add fans to your case to help the problem.

[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by coldwind

I know that was a few posts back, but I think I might be having the same problem. My problem with TS2 though, is that I can't even install it. I can't even open the program to try to install it. Everytime I try autorun or setup, it gives me a variety of errors -- "memory could not be read", "not a Win32 application", "incorrect function", etc. etc. My CD-R/CD ROM is a Mitsumi CR-48XATE and it's been impossible finding up to date drivers for it, so I'm going to try what you did and install an older, generic read-only drive. If that doesn't work, I might try exchanging it but this problem has been really frustrating, since the CD is brand-spanking new and straight out of the box! BTW, I'm also running a Windows 2000, 256 RAM, 800 GHZ, 6.85 GB free space, with an ATI Radeon 9550. Any other suggestions would be welcome.

Gameplay is going to suck with that computer. Are you sure that you did not get the DVD version of the game? Is your windows 2000 updated to the fullest?

[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by ketsueki13

I looked through as much of this as I could, but I couldn't find the answer to my problem. We had installed the DVD patch for the original, so non-admin profiles can play. However, non-admin profiles can no longer play. When they try it can't read the DVD, however, the game works fine on admin profiles. Any suggestions?

Try to re-install the patch.

[ketsueki13]

Originally Posted by Jackiefrost9

Try to re-install the patch.

It says the patch is still installed...

[xOxOcHeErBaB]

Ok i got my Sims 2 Last christmas and i installed it and everything & played the game...Well one day i uninstalled it cause it took up alot of space..So like a week ago i tried to install it again but when it got to 6% this error came up:

A problem occured when trying to transfer 'TSData\Res\Sound\Voice1.package' from the media.

then my only option is to retry (which never works) or cancel the installation. & i dont have the reciept so..i dont think i can return it..so please help me!!!

[CoasterFreak]

Make sure you've deleted the Sims 2 Folder, My Documents>EA Games>The Sims 2

[xOxOcHeErBaB]

I did it still says it

[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by xOxOcHeErBaB

Ok i got my Sims 2 Last christmas and i installed it and everything & played the game...Well one day i uninstalled it cause it took up alot of space..So like a week ago i tried to install it again but when it got to 6% this error came up:

A problem occured when trying to transfer 'TSData\Res\Sound\Voice1.package' from the media.

then my only option is to retry (which never works) or cancel the installation. & i dont have the reciept so..i dont think i can return it..so please help me!!!

Try cleaning the CD.

[Jackiefrost9]

Originally Posted by ketsueki13

It says the patch is still installed...

Did it ever work with non admin profiles?

[funnybunny]

hello, i've recently joined after having trouble fixing my own sims 2 problem and seeing how many ppl have received help that fixed their problems. anyways, i recently borrowed the sims 2 from a friend after she got bored of it. it worked perfectly fine on her computer but on mine it's really messed up. on mine i can't choose to play any of the default neighborhoods or families b/c that's not even on option. and when i click on the tutorials it just goes back to the main menu. i've downloaded patches and uninstalled and reinstalled the game countless times. i have all of the system requirements also. i've gone through everypost on this forum and there was only one other user who had my problem but that was never solved. any help will be greatly appreciated. thanks!!

[Jackiefrost9]

Can you list your system's specs please?

[ketsueki13]

Originally Posted by Jackiefrost9

Did it ever work with non admin profiles?

It did for a time... I didn't start playing it until recently, and that was after it stopped working on non-admin. But my little sisters have non-admin profiles and used to play until it stopped working.