Sims 2 problems

I have have had Sims 2 on my computer (hp pavilion f1703 xp home edition) before but every time i rebot it i have to download updates because it says my graphis adapter had an error so i am able to install it fine and when it lods everything goes smoothly but once its done loading the graphics twick and it minimizes itself so i want to know what i have to download for it to work!

 

what f is ur graphiqe card?

 

whats a graphiqe card? is that the monitor type f1703

 

no not at all its a part of ur computer that manages the graphiques and if u dont have a good one well the game might not run just go on My computer the view systeme information on th left the go on the hardwar tab the look for device manager and then go to dysplay adapter and tell me what you see

 

He's trying to say "Graphic" card, he just can't spell.

Anyways, do what he said:

Right click on my computer, properties, hardware tab, device manager, and tell us what it says under display adapter.

 

oh thanks i never would have known unless you explained anyways it says Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller, also i have been able to play Sims 2 on my computer before but after we rebotted it we lost the graphic updates and i don't know where to download them from

 

Ok, have you tried reinstalling the game? Because your onboard video should handle the game just fine.

Also, have you updated your video drivers? You can download the latest ones here: http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts-df-external/Product_Filter.aspx?ProductID=1044

 

ya do what he said but u can also try http://images.google.ca/imgres?imgu...2865G+Graphics+Controller&svnum=10&hl=en&sa=G
lol its a bit long

 

okay so i re-installed Sims and it didn't work i downloaded both of the updates provided by the websites suggested and it still doesn't work i even tried changing the setting to 16bit because i heard on another website it would work, but nothing happened everytime it is just about to be done loading it minimizes itself saying their was an error and to contact my graphic adapter manufacturer but i don't know what that means i have gooten the game to work before and even recently on a friend's computer so i know the problem is not in the game so what is going wrong

 

do this first and then tell me what is the error message u get after u start the game