Help! I can't install my games!

[rylangere]

First off, my apologies if this topic has been covered in depth elsewhere!  If that is the case, a simple link to that thread would be much appreciated! I've been playing The Sims 2, Seasons, and Apartment Life pretty frequently the past week or so.  I've installed a lot of custom content with no issues at all... I decided earlier today I would like to refresh one of my neighborhoods back to default.  After researching how to do this, I did it successfully, but could not get the CC to work.  Instead of perusing thread after thread after thread on how to fix my CC, I decided it would just be easier to uninstall all of my games and then reinstall them.  Well!  I did this and now I cannot get some of my downloads to work at all!  I installed custom sims (from the Sims Hunks area of this site) and none of them showed up! I've never had any problems with any CC showing up before.  Sooo, I uninstalled and reinstalled again... Or at least I tried to.  I can't even install The Sims 2 without getting an error message that reads: "A problem occurred when trying to transfer the file F:\TSData/Res/UserData/Neighborhoods/N002/Characters/N002_User002009.package from the media. If anyone can provide any insight as to what this means, I will be so grateful!

Thank you so much for taking the time to read through this and for any help you may offer =)  I really appreciate your time!

[Sims2Junkie1984]

Im haveing a bit of the same issue myself I've had the orriginal, NL & Pets for a while now. I just recently got a brand new top of the line gameing laptop and all but Famly Fun Stuff & Celebration Stuff for the S2 games. I got the orriginal, Uni & NL installed no problem but when I go to try to install the rest... I cant... I am right now instaling the patches for said games to see if it helps at all because I cant even play any of them right now!

HELP!!!

[rylangere]

Oooh!  The patches!  What a good idea!  I'll try that too.  Hopefully it helps!

[rylangere]

Tried that... and no such luck =*(  I hope it works out for you, Sims2Junkie =)  Thanks for the idea!

[Sims2Junkie1984]

lol thanks for the heads up... I guess its back to Best Buy I go... *sigh* I wanna stay home tomarrow!!!! lol but its got to be home

[Razamataz]

Clean your disk? Also Remove securom if your Using a CDR, CDRW, DVDRW, or DVDR. it disables them sometimes. and is installed with any sims2 from H&M stuff and newer! hers a removal link http://thesims2.ea.com/help/detail.php?help_id=341

[rylangere]

I took your advice, Razamataz annnnnd it worked!!! I removed the securom from the H&M SP and the Teen Style SP and was able to reinstall everything perfectly!  I haven't used either expansion in a long time, but it did the trick!  Thank you very much for your help!  I had never heard of securom before, but I don't think I like it very much!   

Thank you!

[Sims2Junkie1984]

Okay I just got major help from Best Buy for this issue! first go and right click the icon for the Sims2 you are useing than go to properties/conpatibility/conpatibility mode/ check the box and you should be able to run your sims normaly.