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I keep getting the error "the sims has encountered an error and needs to close" when i reinstall. I've run sim eraser and it doesn't help. It worked fine before I uninstalled it. What can I do?	24 Mar 2005, 08:24	1	27 Mar 2005, 06:07	2414
when I install Sims deluxe edition, everything goes OK uuntil Ugo 2 play game, then screen reverts back 2 desktop & game doesnt play. have uninstalled/reinstalled but this hasnt helped.	30 Nov 2005, 03:02	2	23 Mar 2006, 23:41	2414
I got the Sims Double Deluxe about a year ago...as well as the Sims unleashed. I uninstalled them because our hard drive got full, but now we have a new computer. I've misplaced the instructions on how to install the Sims Double Deluxe.	24 Jul 2005, 20:10	1	24 Jul 2005, 21:39	2415
I tried re-installing my Sims and all the exp pack. But unfortunately when i tried to install Unleashes/Superstar/Makin Magic, they prompted that i do not have original sims installed and auto abort installation. I tried using sims eraser already.	30 Jan 2005, 06:46	2	23 Apr 2005, 11:11	2415
I've tried to install the sims 2 on my PC (it's been on it before) and as I go to run the game after installation it gives me this error: "the procedure entry point DdEntry18 could not be located in the dynamic link library DDraw.ddl" ..any insight?	16 Nov 2005, 18:16	1	17 Nov 2005, 14:44	2415
I had to reinstall for EPs, and imported my families back in. But after I did this, all the relationships (family friends) were gone. The only ppl left in the relationship bars were people from their own family. Is there a file I forgot to copy?	3 Apr 2004, 15:31	1	30 Apr 2004, 01:28	2415
I want to save my neighborhoods on disk so i can put them on another computer what files do i need to save?	3 Aug 2004, 03:08	1	21 Aug 2004, 01:33	2415
i have XP but when i try to install the sims 1 it gets to 30% and gets stuck even thugh i've got 120 GB space.	31 Jul 2006, 00:48	1	29 Dec 2006, 09:11	2416
I can't install the Sims2... I have the game since last year! and I can't install it. I tried in my computer and I got an error on ActiveX or something like that, and my lap doesn't even read it. WHY?	28 May 2006, 18:32	1	1 Aug 2006, 08:10	2416
how do you create a sim ? because i am new and dont understand really. I love sims2!! but i dont no how 2 create a sim.	22 Dec 2005, 06:25	1	21 Jan 2006, 20:58	2417
I have uninstalled the sims by mistake but have lost the main sims game. All I have now is the livin it up e pack. How can I get it to work without the main Sims CD?	27 Mar 2004, 18:23	2	28 Mar 2004, 16:31	2418
How much objects can you have in your game when you have ts,living large, superdeluxe(with houseparty) vacation and making magic?	9 Oct 2004, 00:03	3	9 Oct 2004, 20:04	2418
I uninstalled Sims double deluxe about a month ago. Now I want to reinstall it so I followed the procedure and when it is downloading it will go up to 4% and then just stops and wont fdownload past 4%, I have newer computer and it is usually very fast????	28 Dec 2004, 07:19	3	27 Feb 2005, 19:58	2418
i download a few thing and unzipped them, but when i started it and tryed to select a house, it crashed. what wrong and how can i fix it???	27 Jul 2004, 01:53	2	3 Aug 2004, 05:20	2419
My loading takes forever, mostly 10-15 minutes. Is there a way it won't take so long to do this?	4 Apr 2004, 21:42	4	13 Apr 2004, 11:47	2419
I have XP and have the sims 1 installed, when I try to install the expansion packs it tells me that the original sims cannot be found on my system and to re-install, however it is there and it plays. All original discs. Help!	24 May 2006, 17:02	2	5 Jun 2006, 16:05	2420
I am running sims deluxe + sims unleashed + hot date + makin' magic on Windows XP Pro. When I start the program at neighborhood screen it won't open a house although sims music on. I have reinstalled but same thing happens again. What can I do to cure it?	31 Jul 2004, 15:40	2	13 Aug 2004, 18:56	2423
DELUXE: it installs fine but when I try to start it desktop.Strange thing:afterwards when I try to start it again I can only click install (just like I've never installed it before).Nor can I uninstall it.Patching doesn't work.DirectX is installed. SO??	5 Aug 2005, 19:56	1	6 Aug 2005, 02:10	2423
I have deluxe ed and downloaded some objects. When I tried 2 play the game it got to the loading sequence and stopped loading. I tried to reinstall and it gets to 24% (25% if im lucky) and stops!	20 Jul 2004, 18:30	4	23 Mar 2006, 23:44	2423
when i try to install sims deluxe edition an error pops up.other answers say that it could be that my computer is to old or slow , how can i tell if this is so ?	30 Dec 2004, 01:59	4	23 Apr 2005, 21:14	2427
I successully installed the sims but when I try to start the game "the sims deluxe edition" banner appears and then disappeears and then nothing happens!	11 Sep 2004, 01:57	1	14 Sep 2004, 02:57	2427
I had The Sims installed on Windows ME and it ran fine, but then I installed XP. I deleted The Sims and all the packs. I want to install it again, but when I put the disk in nothing happens. I installed it on another comp with XP and it ran fine. Why?	7 Sep 2004, 05:06	1	8 Oct 2004, 05:38	2428
i installed the sims and wen i clik on play it Comes up with please insert correct cd wen it already is in and iv re-installed it 3times	15 Sep 2005, 01:03	1	15 Sep 2005, 01:55	2429
i've installed house party, hot date, vacation and now i installed unleashed. after these expansion packs, when i start d game: the video appears and then while loading, the games suddenly stops and i return back to my desktop	19 Jan 2005, 20:21	4	22 Apr 2005, 01:40	2429
when the sims makin magic loading page comes up it shuts off	24 Jun 2005, 03:56	1	16 Jul 2005, 07:51	2432

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