[Jackiefrost9]

Is the disk clean? Sounds like a dirty or corrupted disk to me.

[Sarah1111]

b4 i had a format it worked and from what i can see no fingerprints hmm

[Jackiefrost9]

Is there any other disk you can try? If not then try this for me:
Open up the cd so you can view the files on it, just double clicking on the CD drive probably won't work so you'll have to right click on it and select open. Once inside go into the support folder and try to drag and drop The sims 2_uninst.exe onto your desktop and let me know if it works.

[Sarah1111]

no it says it can't read from source file or disk

[Jackiefrost9]

The disk is corrupt, if there are no scratches or anything on it then you're stuck, sorry.

[Jaffa88]

Sorry, i havent figured out how to work this thing yet!
My prob is that when i installed ts2 it worked great, but when i go to play it goes through the movie fine then starts to load, but gets to "Blurring reality lines" then goes all big and bright and stops. i restart my computer, but it keeps on happening. What do i do?
P.s i kno the game works cos my friends dad made it work last time, but i got my laptop reinstalled. HELP!

[Jaffa88]

Does ANYONE kno if they can fix my prob? i've been waiting so long to play this game... :*(

[Jackiefrost9]

Can you just ask your friend's dad again? Or give me his phone number and area code and I'll call him up
Or you could try installing the latest patch:
http://thesims2.ea.com/update/
Just select if you have the cd or DVD version and then save it to your desktop. Then when it's done downloading just double click itand follow the instructions.

[chain_metal]

when you say splash screen, do you mean the screen that is displayed when you first start the game. Thats where mine stalls and exits...

[dreamspinner3]

I am trying to play the Sims 2 with the official patch installed on my
PC but the game won't play. I get as far as the EA splash screen
where it whispers, "Challenge everything" & then my PC freezes up. I
can't use CTRL+ALT+DELETE to bring up the Task Master or anything. I
have to power off my PC with the on/off switch to get it to work
again. My system specs are:

Windows XP Home Edition (5.1, Build 2600) Service Pack 2
(2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519)
System Manufacturer: Compaq
System Model: Presario 7110US 470016-083
BIOS: Default System BIOS
Processor: AMD Athlon(tm) Processor, MMX, 3DNow, ~1.3GHz
Memory: 768MB RAM
DirectX Version: DirectX 9.0c (4.09.0000.0904)
DxDiag Version: 5.03.2600.2180 32bit Unicode

Video card:
Card name: NVIDIA GeForce2 MX/MX 400
Chip type: GeForce2 MX/MX 400
Display Memory: 64.0 MB
Current Mode: 800 x 600 (32 bit) (85Hz)
Monitor: Plug and Play Monitor
Driver Name: nv4_disp.dll
Driver Version: 6.14.0010.6176 (English)
DDI Version: 9 (or higher)
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 7/12/2004 16:50:00, 3740032 bytes

Does anyone have any ideas? I did have a hard time installing the
game, kept getting file transfer errors from the DVD. I finally had
to copy the DVD to my hard drive & install it that way.

Thanks.

[Jaffa88]

***IMPORTANT!!!***
To anyone who had my problem (installs fine, starts up fine, gets to splash screen then stops and says something like "The graphics program has stopped working" Or something along those lines, then the screen goes all big and bright and crazy)
just go to google and type in "correct intel(r) graphics driver for The Sims 2" and go to the one about 'Sims 2 start up problems- intel' or something like that. This takes ages to download but actually worked!!!! YESSSS!!!!!
Hope i helped luv Jaffa88

[kateemack]

Hi, I have been playing ts2 and university since they came out but suddenly, my disc stopped working. i uninstalled uni, and bought a new disc, but it wouldnt work either. i went ahead and and played ts2 once, then that disc would not work either so i had to uninstall it too, now i cant get it to install! it does nothing, the disc doesnt even start. thing is, ALL of my other discs and games work, so it cant be the drive itself. i have done everything ea games said to do, close all unnecessary programs, delete temp files, disable mcafee virus and firewall, run safedisc, and i manually deleted all of my dowloads that uninstall missed, now i am out of ideas!! i can't find anyone else who has had this problem, i have been on ts2, mts2, varioussimmers, and techsupportguy forums but no one knows what the problem is and I can't find anyone who shares this problem either. EA games has been no help (they have been mainly unresponsive and the advice they had was to copy my disc onto my computer and install from there but I cant do that, as the disc is NOT WORKING)!! If anyone has any suggestions, please send them my way, I am heartbroken without my favorite game... Thanks in advance for your help!

[shaggyneron]

Hi, I don't know jack about computers so i apologize in advance. I'm planning on getting a radeon 9200 pci graphics card for my pc cuz it only has pci slots. The problem is, my pci slot has 2 holes while the graphics card that i want looks like it has 3 parts and fits into something with 3 holes. Will this work?

[GizardBoy]

on sims 2 my job icons on the top left of the screen don't show up, and my memories are still there but the pictures are gone, and when I get a promotion I don't get paid for that day and the thing doesn't pop up saying I got a promotion, and when I die the grim reaper is invisible and you can't click on him to plea, and every so often like every ten times it won't let you save.

and all this stuff always worked before and I've been playing it since it came out

Can Anyone Please Help?

[dreamspinner3]

have a Compaq Presario model 7110US with the original motherboard & 300 watt power supply. My current video card is a 64MB SDR nVIDIA GeForce2 MX with TV-Out & I am able to play the Sims 2 on the machine but the graphics quality is very low.

I'd like to upgrade my video card & have been told by COMPAQ/HP support that my motherboard will support a 4X AGP card. I am considering either a Sapphire ATI Radeon 9600 PRO 128mb for $99.00 or a Chaintech Geforce 6200 256MB DDR Video Card for $109.00.

I'm confused as to which card I should select for my PC. Can anyone help me decide?