At my wits end... can anyone help me decipher these error logs?

[danceswithwands]

My game has been one big mess since I added AL.

I've spent months- yes months- sorting through files, installing, uninstalling, reinstalling, deleting, researching help topics...

I finally got all the "bad" cc out of the game.  I started with a clean slate and a custom hood.

Body Shop is finally crash-free (fingers crossed) but in the GAME I am still having crash issues.

The same thing happens with the download folder in place and when I remove it completely... crash when I go fro CAS to Neighborhood (at which point I lose the family I just created) and crash when I am in the neighborhood and I go into a lot.  Doesn't matter what lot or what family... just random crashing.

It's nearly impossible to play when I have to restart the game and rebuild, re-create, and hold my breath until the next crash.

Anyhoo... here are the most recent logs... anyone translate this into "this is what the problem is" or "this is how you fix it" because I can't make heads or tails of the darn things. 

THANKS!

this is the crash from CAS to neighborhood:

Exception time: 04/11/2009, at 02:29:08.
Exception code: 0xC0000005 (-1073741819) ACCESS_VIOLATION.
Current thread ID: 2208 (0x000008a0).
Version information:
Application/module path: C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe
Application/module version name: The Sims 2 EP8
Application/module version: 1.16.0.194
System version: Windows NT 5.1
System memory: 2048 Megabytes total, 496 Megabytes free.
Application/module configuration: ReleaseSRT


Extra Exception Data:

Shutdown: 0
HostName: HOMESCHOOL
MemoryUsage: 1087740K
Neighborhood Name: Andalasia Falls
Neighborhood Prefix: N001
Lot Name: CAS!
Family Name: Foster
Extra Exception Data End:

Exception module:  C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe.
Exception address: 0x004c1596. Section:Offset: 0x01:0x000c0596.

Registers
   EAX: 001a16e0
   EBX: 01475010
   ECX: 7d679298
   EDX: 00000000
   ESI: 7d4d7bb8
   EDI: 001a16f1
   CS:EIP: 001b:004c1596
   SS:ESP: 0023:0253f32c  EBP:0253f35c
   DS:0023  ES:0023  FS:003b  GS:0000
   Flags: 00210206

Loaded Modules
   Address          Size Module             Path
   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   0x00400000   29609984 Sims2EP8.exe       C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe
   0x7c900000     716800 ntdll.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
   0x7c800000    1007616 kernel32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
   0x4fdd0000    1728512 d3d9.dll           C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d9.dll
   0x6d990000      24576 d3d8thk.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8thk.dll
   0x77f10000     299008 GDI32.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll
   0x7e410000     593920 USER32.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
   0x77c10000     360448 msvcrt.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll
   0x77dd0000     634880 ADVAPI32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
   0x77e70000     598016 RPCRT4.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll
   0x77fe0000      69632 Secur32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\Secur32.dll
   0x77c00000      32768 VERSION.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll
   0x76b40000     184320 WINMM.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINMM.dll
   0x76390000     118784 IMM32.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.dll
   0x75a70000     135168 MSVFW32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVFW32.dll
   0x7c9c0000    8482816 SHELL32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll
   0x77f60000     483328 SHLWAPI.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
   0x5d090000     630784 COMCTL32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\COMCTL32.dll
   0x73b50000      94208 AVIFIL32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\AVIFIL32.dll
   0x774e0000    1298432 ole32.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
   0x77be0000      86016 MSACM32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSACM32.dll
   0x77120000     569344 OLEAUT32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\OLEAUT32.dll
   0x71ab0000      94208 WS2_32.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll
   0x71aa0000      32768 WS2HELP.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2HELP.dll
   0x73f10000     376832 DSOUND.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\DSOUND.dll
   0x71ad0000      36864 WSOCK32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\WSOCK32.dll
   0x629c0000      36864 LPK.DLL            C:\WINDOWS\system32\LPK.DLL
   0x74d90000     438272 USP10.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\USP10.dll
   0x5cd70000      28672 serwvdrv.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\serwvdrv.dll
   0x5b0a0000      28672 umdmxfrm.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\umdmxfrm.dll
   0x773d0000    1060864 comctl32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.5512_x-ww_35d4ce83\comctl32.dll
   0x76d60000     102400 IPHLPAPI.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\IPHLPAPI.dll
   0x76d40000      98304 MPRAPI.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\MPRAPI.dll
   0x77cc0000     204800 ACTIVEDS.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\ACTIVEDS.dll
   0x76e10000     151552 adsldpc.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\adsldpc.dll
   0x5b860000     348160 NETAPI32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\NETAPI32.dll
   0x76f60000     180224 WLDAP32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.dll
   0x76b20000      69632 ATL.DLL            C:\WINDOWS\system32\ATL.DLL
   0x76e80000      57344 rtutils.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\rtutils.dll
   0x71bf0000      77824 SAMLIB.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\SAMLIB.dll
   0x77920000     995328 SETUPAPI.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\SETUPAPI.dll
   0x77b40000     139264 appHelp.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\appHelp.dll
   0x72410000     106496 mydocs.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\mydocs.dll
   0x769c0000     737280 USERENV.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\USERENV.dll
   0x76f20000     159744 DNSAPI.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\DNSAPI.dll
   0x76fc0000      24576 rasadhlp.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasadhlp.dll
   0x59a60000     659456 DbgHelp.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\DbgHelp.dll
   0x76bf0000      45056 psapi.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\psapi.dll
   0x74720000     311296 MSCTF.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSCTF.dll
   0x76ee0000     245760 rasapi32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasapi32.dll
   0x76e90000      73728 rasman.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasman.dll
   0x76eb0000     192512 TAPI32.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\TAPI32.dll
   0x76c30000     188416 WINTRUST.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINTRUST.dll
   0x77a80000     610304 CRYPT32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll
   0x77b20000      73728 MSASN1.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll
   0x76c90000     163840 IMAGEHLP.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll
   0x72d20000      36864 wdmaud.drv         C:\WINDOWS\system32\wdmaud.drv
   0x72d10000      32768 msacm32.drv        C:\WINDOWS\system32\msacm32.drv
   0x77bd0000      28672 midimap.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\midimap.dll
   0x73ee0000      16384 KsUser.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\KsUser.dll
   0x755c0000     188416 msctfime.ime       C:\WINDOWS\system32\msctfime.ime
   0x08280000    2904064 xpsp2res.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\xpsp2res.dll
   0x68000000     221184 rsaenh.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\rsaenh.dll
   0x75e60000      77824 cryptnet.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\cryptnet.dll
   0x722b0000      20480 SensApi.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\SensApi.dll
   0x4d4f0000     364544 WINHTTP.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINHTTP.dll
   0x76fd0000     520192 CLBCATQ.DLL        C:\WINDOWS\system32\CLBCATQ.DLL
   0x77050000     806912 COMRes.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\COMRes.dll
   0x4f680000    2125824 dxdiagn.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\dxdiagn.dll
   0x74ef0000      32768 wbemprox.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\wbemprox.dll
   0x75290000     225280 wbemcomn.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\wbemcomn.dll
   0x74ed0000      57344 wbemsvc.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\wbemsvc.dll
   0x75690000     483328 fastprox.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\fastprox.dll
   0x76080000     413696 MSVCP60.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVCP60.dll
   0x767a0000      77824 NTDSAPI.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\NTDSAPI.dll
   0x73760000     307200 ddraw.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\ddraw.dll
   0x73bc0000      24576 DCIMAN32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\DCIMAN32.dll
   0x6d910000     462848 D3DIM.DLL          C:\WINDOWS\system32\D3DIM.DLL
   0x60000000     360448 ijl15.dll          C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\ijl15.dll

Call stack:
0x0001:0x000c0596 C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe GZDllGetGZCOMDirector() + 730042
0x0000:0x00000000 C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe.
0x0000:0x00000000 .
0x0001:0x0000d801 C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe.

Stack data: (ESP is 0x0253f32c)
0x0253f1ac   00000000 005875cd 13400000 00000000 00e0fc2c d485e8d8 fc3f0000 00000000
0x0253f1cc   0000803f 0000803f 0000803f 0000803f 00000000 00001840 00000000 00000000
0x0253f1ec   32000000 00000000 33040000 00000000 369b2ec4 542afcc3 2693c9c0 8fc7a3c2
0x0253f20c   2c164fc4 c7e383c4 64b26dc4 10c8a6c4 00780a3f 0074883e 00fc7d3f 00be373f
0x0253f22c   0070233f 0064ba3e 00a0b73d 00b6503f 000000c0 0ad71a40 00000000 00000000
0x0253f24c   6610917c bb01917c 00000000 04010000 98e61300 acfc1300 acfc1300 0c3c3a76
0x0253f26c   20603a76 1a3c3a76 20603a76 1a3c3a76 00000000 00000000 08e01300 00000000
0x0253f28c   9800917c c0ab1700 d4e01300 1ce01300 00000000 9800917c c0ab1700 e8e01300
0x0253f2ac   2100917c 90033f00 3d00917c c8ab1700 50d9907c f8dbfd7f 78011500 08e11300
0x0253f2cc   00000000 08061500 f0ad3f00 40063f00 04d31700 00000000 40063f00 f0ad3f00
0x0253f2ec   40063f00 160a917c 78013f00 d8d21700 31000000 88010000 01000000 78013f00
0x0253f30c   88010000 b8e01300 00001500 0202917c 45000000 78131500 00001500 a0f71800
0x0253f32c   4020f801 b87b4d7d 00000000 e016ba00 b87b4d7d 10504701 a892e900 00554701
0x0253f34c   0000a000 0000c000 00001e7d 0000a000 74f35302 b937f601 00000100 8857df18
0x0253f36c   10504701 00000000 88f35302 43008804 a03e1100 f893f57d 00554701 8c57df18
0x0253f38c   01e84000 f893f57d f5257a00 f893f57d 80524723 cb7b7a00 2015cf12 b84e7a00
0x0253f3ac   01000000 2015cf12 2415cf12 20150101 8a657a00 01000000 796a7a00 2c15cf12
0x0253f3cc   2015cf12 3869ab5e 01000000 01000000 13000000 60000000 c0112f01 a031c154
0x0253f3ec   f431c154 f531c154 00000000 c0112f01 983dc835 123ec835 133ec835 00000000
0x0253f40c   c0112f01 10a81b71 8aa81b71 8ba81b71 00000000 9d7e7a00 01000000 2015cf12
0x0253f42c   2415cf12 677c7a00 8890861f c416cf12 00000000 73057300 c0112f01 00000000
0x0253f44c   558d7300 3412bb04 78525125 6cf55302 d89d2d01 da247401 c416cf12 00000000
0x0253f46c   8890861f c0112f01 489ccc4e b59ccc4e b69ccc4e 00000000 4016b704 3869ab5e
0x0253f48c   8c90861f d341006f 00957900 2815cf12 ffffffff 4016b704 a015b704 00000000

Instruction data: (EIP is 0x004c1596)
0x004c1516   8d b7 0c 01 00 00 8b 0e 85 c9 74 39 8b 01 53 ff 50 58 8b 0e 8d 55 fc 52 8d 55 f8 8b d8 8b 01 52
0x004c1536   ff 50 28 6a 01 53 8d b7 08 01 00 00 ff 36 8b cf e8 68 39 15 00 6a 01 8d 45 f8 50 ff 36 8b cf e8
0x004c1556   af 38 15 00 5b 5f 5e c9 c3 ff 25 70 e9 f5 01 eb 0e a4 60 8b 54 24 04 8b 4a 04 ff 0d 5c 87 fd 01
0x004c1576   0f 84 47 82 b1 01 8b c1 83 e0 f8 83 e8 09 83 e0 f8 83 e1 07 0b c8 89 4a 04 8d 0c 02 8b 54 24 08
0x004c1596   89 01 6a 08 58 0b d0 89 51 04 89 41 08 c7 41 0c 09 00 00 00 c3 cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc
0x004c15b6   cc b8 5c 4c 13 01 e8 8b 97 99 00 83 ec 24 56 8b f1 57 8d be 0c 01 00 00 8b 07 85 c0 0f 84 c7 02
0x004c15d6   00 00 53 33 db 43 53 e8 8b 3c 14 00 80 be ed 00 00 00 00 0f 84 98 02 00 00 8d 45 d0 50 8b ce e8
0x004c15f6   8f fe ff ff 8d 45 d0 50 8b ce c6 86 ee 00 00 00 00 e8 95 fd ff ff 84 c0 88 86 f0 00 00 00 0f 84

and this is the one from neighborhood to empty lot:

Exception time: 04/10/2009, at 02:47:42.
Exception code: 0xC0000005 (-1073741819) ACCESS_VIOLATION.
Current thread ID: 2736 (0x00000ab0).
Version information:
Application/module path: C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe
Application/module version name: The Sims 2 EP8
Application/module version: 1.16.0.194
System version: Windows NT 5.1
System memory: 2048 Megabytes total, 456 Megabytes free.
Application/module configuration: ReleaseSRT


Extra Exception Data:

Shutdown: 0
HostName: HOMESCHOOL
MemoryUsage: 1095500K
Neighborhood Name: Andalasia Falls
Neighborhood Prefix: N001
Lot Name: CAS!
Family Name: Collier
Extra Exception Data End:

Exception module:  C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe.
Exception address: 0x004187c3. Section:Offset: 0x01:0x000177c3.

Registers
   EAX: 01475450
   EBX: 01475458
   ECX: 01475010
   EDX: 78ea1dd8
   ESI: 00000000
   EDI: 01475010
   CS:EIP: 001b:004187c3
   SS:ESP: 0023:0253ef3c  EBP:0253ef64
   DS:0023  ES:0023  FS:003b  GS:0000
   Flags: 00210246

Loaded Modules
   Address          Size Module             Path
   ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   0x00400000   29609984 Sims2EP8.exe       C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe
   0x7c900000     716800 ntdll.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
   0x7c800000    1007616 kernel32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
   0x4fdd0000    1728512 d3d9.dll           C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d9.dll
   0x6d990000      24576 d3d8thk.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8thk.dll
   0x77f10000     299008 GDI32.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll
   0x7e410000     593920 USER32.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
   0x77c10000     360448 msvcrt.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll
   0x77dd0000     634880 ADVAPI32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
   0x77e70000     598016 RPCRT4.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll
   0x77fe0000      69632 Secur32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\Secur32.dll
   0x77c00000      32768 VERSION.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll
   0x76b40000     184320 WINMM.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINMM.dll
   0x76390000     118784 IMM32.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.dll
   0x75a70000     135168 MSVFW32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVFW32.dll
   0x7c9c0000    8482816 SHELL32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll
   0x77f60000     483328 SHLWAPI.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
   0x5d090000     630784 COMCTL32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\COMCTL32.dll
   0x73b50000      94208 AVIFIL32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\AVIFIL32.dll
   0x774e0000    1298432 ole32.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
   0x77be0000      86016 MSACM32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSACM32.dll
   0x77120000     569344 OLEAUT32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\OLEAUT32.dll
   0x71ab0000      94208 WS2_32.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll
   0x71aa0000      32768 WS2HELP.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2HELP.dll
   0x73f10000     376832 DSOUND.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\DSOUND.dll
   0x71ad0000      36864 WSOCK32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\WSOCK32.dll
   0x629c0000      36864 LPK.DLL            C:\WINDOWS\system32\LPK.DLL
   0x74d90000     438272 USP10.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\USP10.dll
   0x5cd70000      28672 serwvdrv.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\serwvdrv.dll
   0x5b0a0000      28672 umdmxfrm.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\umdmxfrm.dll
   0x773d0000    1060864 comctl32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.5512_x-ww_35d4ce83\comctl32.dll
   0x76d60000     102400 IPHLPAPI.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\IPHLPAPI.dll
   0x76d40000      98304 MPRAPI.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\MPRAPI.dll
   0x77cc0000     204800 ACTIVEDS.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\ACTIVEDS.dll
   0x76e10000     151552 adsldpc.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\adsldpc.dll
   0x5b860000     348160 NETAPI32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\NETAPI32.dll
   0x76f60000     180224 WLDAP32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.dll
   0x76b20000      69632 ATL.DLL            C:\WINDOWS\system32\ATL.DLL
   0x76e80000      57344 rtutils.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\rtutils.dll
   0x71bf0000      77824 SAMLIB.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\SAMLIB.dll
   0x77920000     995328 SETUPAPI.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\SETUPAPI.dll
   0x77b40000     139264 appHelp.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\appHelp.dll
   0x72410000     106496 mydocs.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\mydocs.dll
   0x769c0000     737280 USERENV.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\USERENV.dll
   0x76f20000     159744 DNSAPI.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\DNSAPI.dll
   0x76fc0000      24576 rasadhlp.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasadhlp.dll
   0x59a60000     659456 DbgHelp.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\DbgHelp.dll
   0x76bf0000      45056 psapi.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\psapi.dll
   0x76ee0000     245760 rasapi32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasapi32.dll
   0x76e90000      73728 rasman.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\rasman.dll
   0x76eb0000     192512 TAPI32.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\TAPI32.dll
   0x76c30000     188416 WINTRUST.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINTRUST.dll
   0x77a80000     610304 CRYPT32.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll
   0x77b20000      73728 MSASN1.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll
   0x76c90000     163840 IMAGEHLP.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\IMAGEHLP.dll
   0x72d20000      36864 wdmaud.drv         C:\WINDOWS\system32\wdmaud.drv
   0x72d10000      32768 msacm32.drv        C:\WINDOWS\system32\msacm32.drv
   0x77bd0000      28672 midimap.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\midimap.dll
   0x73ee0000      16384 KsUser.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\KsUser.dll
   0x755c0000     188416 msctfime.ime       C:\WINDOWS\system32\msctfime.ime
   0x08250000    2904064 xpsp2res.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\xpsp2res.dll
   0x68000000     221184 rsaenh.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\rsaenh.dll
   0x75e60000      77824 cryptnet.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\cryptnet.dll
   0x722b0000      20480 SensApi.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\SensApi.dll
   0x4d4f0000     364544 WINHTTP.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\WINHTTP.dll
   0x76fd0000     520192 CLBCATQ.DLL        C:\WINDOWS\system32\CLBCATQ.DLL
   0x77050000     806912 COMRes.dll         C:\WINDOWS\system32\COMRes.dll
   0x4f680000    2125824 dxdiagn.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\dxdiagn.dll
   0x74ef0000      32768 wbemprox.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\wbemprox.dll
   0x75290000     225280 wbemcomn.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\wbemcomn.dll
   0x74ed0000      57344 wbemsvc.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\wbemsvc.dll
   0x75690000     483328 fastprox.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\wbem\fastprox.dll
   0x76080000     413696 MSVCP60.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\MSVCP60.dll
   0x767a0000      77824 NTDSAPI.dll        C:\WINDOWS\system32\NTDSAPI.dll
   0x73760000     307200 ddraw.dll          C:\WINDOWS\system32\ddraw.dll
   0x73bc0000      24576 DCIMAN32.dll       C:\WINDOWS\system32\DCIMAN32.dll
   0x6d910000     462848 D3DIM.DLL          C:\WINDOWS\system32\D3DIM.DLL
   0x60000000     360448 ijl15.dll          C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\ijl15.dll

Call stack:
0x0001:0x000177c3 C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe GZDllGetGZCOMDirector() + 38375
0x0001:0x00018a39 C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe GZDllGetGZCOMDirector() + 43101
0x0000:0x00000000 C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe.
0x0001:0x0000d7eb C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe.
0x0000:0x00000000 C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe.
0x0001:0x00001f64 C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe.
0x0001:0x001af5ed C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe GZDllGetGZCOMDirector() + 1709073
0x0001:0x001afe57 C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe GZDllGetGZCOMDirector() + 1711227
0x0001:0x001b0857 C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe GZDllGetGZCOMDirector() + 1713787
0x0001:0x00c90776 C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe public: virtual bool __thiscall cTSCommonCOMDirector::OnStart(class cIGZCOM *)() + 346022
0x0001:0x00159292 C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe GZDllGetGZCOMDirector() + 1355958
0x0001:0x00ac770b C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe public: virtual bool __thiscall cTSAudioCOMDirector::OnStart(class cIGZCOM *)() + 3104274
0x0001:0x00ae7715 C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe public: virtual bool __thiscall cTSAppFWCOMDirector::OnStart(class cIGZCOM *)() + 11000
0x0001:0x00ae82e4 C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe public: virtual bool __thiscall cTSAppFWCOMDirector::OnStart(class cIGZCOM *)() + 14023
0x0001:0x00aea5e0 C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe public: virtual bool __thiscall cTSAppFWCOMDirector::OnStart(class cIGZCOM *)() + 22979
0x0001:0x00af34f0 C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe public: virtual bool __thiscall cTSAppFWCOMDirector::OnStart(class cIGZCOM *)() + 59603
0x0001:0x00ac770b C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe public: virtual bool __thiscall cTSAudioCOMDirector::OnStart(class cIGZCOM *)() + 3104274
0x0001:0x00ac6bd3 C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe public: virtual bool __thiscall cTSAudioCOMDirector::OnStart(class cIGZCOM *)() + 3101402
0x0001:0x00ae6576 C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe public: virtual bool __thiscall cTSAppFWCOMDirector::OnStart(class cIGZCOM *)() + 6489
0x0001:0x0000587b C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe.
0x0001:0x00ae56d8 C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe public: virtual bool __thiscall cTSAppFWCOMDirector::OnStart(class cIGZCOM *)() + 2747
0x0001:0x00004439 C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe.
0x0001:0x00ae5c58 C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe public: virtual bool __thiscall cTSAppFWCOMDirector::OnStart(class cIGZCOM *)() + 4155
0x0001:0x00ae5d9c C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe public: virtual bool __thiscall cTSAppFWCOMDirector::OnStart(class cIGZCOM *)() + 4479
0x0001:0x00ae0df6 C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe public: virtual bool __thiscall cTSAudioCOMDirector::OnStart(class cIGZCOM *)() + 3208445
0x0001:0x00a5973e C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe public: virtual bool __thiscall cTSAudioCOMDirector::OnStart(class cIGZCOM *)() + 2653765
0x0001:0x00016067 C:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll RegisterWaitForInputIdle() + 73
0x0000:0x00000000 C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 Apartment Life\TSBin\Sims2EP8.exe.

Stack data: (ESP is 0x0253ef3c)
0x0253edbc   00000000 00000080 ff3f0000 00000000 00000000 00000080 ff3f0000 00000000
0x0253eddc   ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff ffffffff 80008000 80008000 80008000 80008000
0x0253edfc   80008000 80008000 80008000 80008000 80008000 80008000 80008000 80008000
0x0253ee1c   01000100 01000100 01000100 01000100 80008000 80008000 80008000 80008000
0x0253ee3c   80008000 80008000 80008000 80008000 80008000 80008000 80008000 80008000
0x0253ee5c   6610917c bb01917c 00000000 04010000 98e61300 acfc1300 acfc1300 0c3c3a76
0x0253ee7c   20603a76 1a3c3a76 20603a76 1a3c3a76 00000000 00000000 08e01300 00000000
0x0253ee9c   9800917c c0ab1700 d4e01300 1ce01300 00000000 9800917c c0ab1700 e8e01300
0x0253eebc   2100917c 90033f00 3d00917c c8ab1700 50d9907c f8fbfd7f 78011500 08e11300
0x0253eedc   00000000 08061500 f0ad3f00 40063f00 bccd1700 00000000 40063f00 f0ad3f00
0x0253eefc   40063f00 160a917c 78013f00 90cd1700 31000000 88010000 01000000 78013f00
0x0253ef1c   88010000 b8e01300 00001500 0202917c 45000000 78131500 00001500 b8c01700
0x0253ef3c   00000000 3d30f801 00000000 01000000 90adcd00 10504701 d81dea78 10504701
0x0253ef5c   00000000 10504700 9cef5302 399a4100 90adcd00 88adcd00 10504701 88adcd00
0x0253ef7c   00000000 00b0cd00 00000000 40504701 30544701 ffd1ff7f 00000080 b3b64700
0x0253ef9c   b4ef5302 fbaaf601 88adcd00 00000000 442c7b22 00554701 dcef5302 ebe74000
0x0253efbc   88adcd00 00000000 f117f701 88adcd00 88adcd00 442c7b22 88adcd00 00000000
0x0253efdc   04f05302 1915f801 00000000 28f05302 0ff05302 88adcd00 00000000 28f05302
0x0253effc   88adcd00 88adcd00 4cf05302 642f4000 00000000 88adcd00 28f05302 e02b7b22
0x0253f01c   442c7b22 3f764200 88adcd00 00000000 08c98014 58c98014 00000000 a015af04
0x0253f03c   6c74ef27 7cf05302 65931201 01000000 88f05302 ed055b00 64f05302 c0112f01
0x0253f05c   08c98014 00000000 00000000 72b79d49 ebada38d 00000000 c09a4a01 98055b00
0x0253f07c   58f25302 575f1401 ffffffff 64f25302 570e5b00 ebada38d 00000000 00000000
0x0253f09c   08997415 94f25302 00000000 00000000 dcf05302 02a16f00 04000000 04000000

Instruction data: (EIP is 0x004187c3)
0x00418743   f5 01 e9 d2 29 1e 00 30 35 e9 54 a3 fe ff eb 10 ff 25 64 a3 f5 01 c7 07 28 33 1e 01 e9 a9 06 0e
0x00418763   00 eb 03 eb f1 ff 25 90 ef f5 01 cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc
0x00418783   cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc
0x004187a3   cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc cc 72 e9 3f c6 fe ff 56 8b 74 24 08 8d 81 40 04 00 00 8b 10 89 30
0x004187c3   89 76 0c 8b 00 8b 70 0c 89 70 08 8d 41 30 3b d0 5e 74 16 80 7c 24 08 00 74 0f 8b 48 0c 89 42 08
0x004187e3   89 4a 0c 89 50 0c 89 51 08 c2 08 00 ff 25 44 9f f5 01 81 ec 08 04 00 00 e9 50 47 34 00 c7 06 90
0x00418803   cd 21 01 e9 4b 1f 39 00 ff 25 dc 9f f5 01 53 9c 8b 1d 78 b9 f5 01 2b 1d 7b 84 43 00 9d 87 1c 24
0x00418823   e9 9f 93 32 00 d2 ff 25 f8 f4 f5 01 e9 ae 8e fe ff e9 6a 97 fe ff eb 59 ee 8b 44 24 08 8b 4c 24

I have about 32 more but no need to post them all is there? these are the two most recent ones.

Thanks again- any help anyone can offer will be much appreciated.

[Simsane]

I don't think I can help you, but I answer sims 2 questions at Y!A frequently and I see this same problem a LOT.  Most of the time it is by people playing the game on a Dell Inspiron laptop.  The video card that comes with those (or at least some of the Inspiron's) is a 1525 and doesn't play the game very well.  Often it will play the older ep's just fine, but frequently once the person adds AL, they start having the same problem you are having -- that when they create a sim or a family of sims and then try to Save the family so it's in the sim bin, their game will crash.

Once when I was trying to help someone and I had told them to try updating their video card drivers, they ended up giving me a link to a site that helped them.  Maybe it will help you as well, I don't know.  Here's the link to the site:

http://vermontgeeks.com/blog/?p=69

The link takes you to an article that explains what drivers someone else used to fix his wife's laptop so she could play.  If that doesn't help, instead of posting the Error Log (or along with it anyway) post your computers specs as it is often crucial to being able to help.  Also, if you ask this question on Y!A, or at EA's Sims 2 site in their forum under Technical Help along with putting it here, more people will see it and you'll have a greater chance of someone being able to help you.

Good luck and I hope you can get it resolved.

Y!A -- Yahoo Answers

[Razamataz]

Also you can go here and run the test to see if you computer can run the sims 2 AL!

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

[danceswithwands]

Thank you both.

I don't have a laptop and in fact (blush) I bought this pc and had it customized just to run all the sim EP and SP's (lol, I know, I know).

I am checking the links provided and running a "can you run it" since I didn't have the AL when I orderd this computer- just in case.

I have upgraded the graphic card to a supposedly top o' the line, according to the guy at best buy at least, so we shall see if that is the issue.

I will post at the other mentioned sites, great idea, thanks sooo much! 

Ok here are my pc specs:

Microsoft Windows XP
Home Edition 2002
Service Pack 3

Dell Dimension DM051
*dimension E510
Intel
Pentium D CPU 2.80Ghz
2.80 Ghz, 2 GB RAM

Here are the can you run it results:
Congratulations, your computer exceeds the minimum specification required to run this game.

CPU Speed
Minimum: 1.3 GHz processor (2.0 for Vista)
You Have: 2.79 GHz Performance Rated at 5.03 GHz  PASS   
 System RAM
Minimum: 512 MB RAM (1 GB for Vista)
You Have: 2.0 GB  PASS   
 Operating System
Minimum: Windows® Vista, Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows 98 or Windows 2000 Operating System
You Have: Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition (Build Service Pack 32600)  PASS   
 Video Card
Minimum: 32 MB Hardware T&L video card (NVIDIA GeForce2 + [GeForce 6200 for Vista] / ATI Radeon 8500 + [Radeon 9600 for Vista]). Non-T&L capable video cards require a 2.4 GHz processor or better.
You Have: RADEON X300 SE 128MB HyperMemory (RADEON X300/X550 Series (0x5B60))  PASS   
 Video Card Features - Minimum attributes of your Video Card  Video RAM: Required - 32 MB , You have - 128 MB
 Video Card 3D Acceleration: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
 Video HW Transform & Lighting: Required - Yes , You have - Yes
 
 
 Video Card Driver Version (DirectX)
Your driver version number is: 6.14.10.6601   FYI: Your video card driver version is provided for your information, but it is not part of this analysis. But proper video card driver versions are important to the proper operation of your product. 
 Sound Card
Minimum: Yes
You Have: SigmaTel Audio   PASS   
 Sound Card Driver Version
Your driver version number is: 5.10   FYI: Your sound card driver version is provided for your information, but it is not part of this analysis. But proper sound card driver versions are important to the proper operation of your product. 
 Free Disk Space
Minimum: At least 1.5 GB of additional hard drive space (5.0 GB total is required if installing both The Sims 2 and The Sims 2 Bon Voyage Expansion Parck at the same time.)
You Have: 50.9 GB  PASS   
 CD
Minimum: 8X or faster CD/DVD drive
You Have: Optiarc DVD+-RW ND-3570A   PASS, but the Speed could NOT be analyzed



It offers a "free driver update" for the video card driver version and sound card driver version...

Maybe I should try that?

[Simsane]

Yes, try updating your video drivers.  That may fix your problem, at least I'm hoping it will.  Here's a link that will explain how to update drivers:

http://www.playtool.com/pages/installgraphics/install.html

[EKozski]

Another thing you might want to try is, installing the game in Safe Mode.

Several people have had problems and once they installed the game in, Safe Mode, they had no problems.

[amc462000]

let's go back to when the problem first occured. Did it start happening after you installed a new EP? or after a downloading session?

[ancienthighway]

As an add on to amc's questions, does it happen when you have no custom content in your game, i.e. Downloads and SavedSims removed.

[caffeinated.joy]

Danceswithwands, in the future can you please upload your error logs as attachments rather than pasting them into your post? The option to attach to your post can be found under "additional options".

Now, that code is a rather ambiguous code. It can be caused by a faulty driver, bad RAM, spyware, a poorly fragmented drive or even a faulty video card.

Start with cleaning your computer of spyware and unecessary files, then defragment and do a virus scan. If that doesn't fix it, go on to the drivers. After that it's time to consider you might have faulty RAM. You can get a memory diagnostic tool here.

[danceswithwands]

Thanks for all the suggestions.

I'm going to do all the things suggested and see what happens.

I do have a problem with being a download-a-holic, but I have also tried running a completely "bare" game, still crashes. 

Sorry Joy- I didn't even think about doing those as an attachment but I suppose that would have made a lot more sense.   

[Simsane]

I have read everyone else's posts and you have been given some great advice -- I wouldn't even bother posting anywhere else now as those other places aren't going to give you better advice then what you've been given here already.

The only thing I wanted to add is that don't feel embarrassed that you had a pc custom made to be able to play the games -- I have known others who did as well.  Plus, many of us (myself included) that bought the old original game, went out and bought new video cards, ram, etc. to upgrade our older pc's so we could play the game well too.     Believe me, if I had the money to go get a brand new, top of the line pc that would play my sims 2 games even better then the one I currently use, I would. 

[danceswithwands]

I updated my driver. 

I cleaned up some stuff I didn't even know was on my computer.

I compressorized and deleted things that I didn't need.

AND- then as I was doing a "test" I realized something.

I had forgotten about the camera mod I used!

I had to go get an updated version of that - it helped A LOT.

I have had a couple of crashes but I also had a background program keep trying to run- I did the "end task" but the booger kept coming up anyhoo.

I am testing some more to see if the driver update helped.

If not--- I am going to go get the vid. card I got for my son- it will handle ANYTHING.  LOL

Simsane= thanks!    I did need a new pc for the school stuff- but being sure it was sim-capable was a top priority too.