[SOLVED] Sims 2 refuses to run on my system, some EPs won't even install anymore
AngryOldHag:
I'm afraid so. Luckily we have a friendly geek (my dad) and he's wiped my mother's entire computer clean as she has the same problem but not nearly as much documents that need to be saved as I do. Her sims is running again now. What might be interesting to note is that the hard drive used solely for the Sims 2 games, as it wasn't such a big one, appeared to have some hidden files stuck on it that could only be removed by erasing the partitions on the drive all together. I don't know if it was the sims or something else, but I thought it was interesting.
LynSky:
So did you solve the problem?
I had the exact same problem a few months ago after I reformated my laptop (before that it worked fine). After I tried many differents things I did something that worked for me: I unnistalled the base game, used CCleaner to clean up Windows registry, rebooted my PC and installed again The Sims 2 (without Maxis' patch) and then The Sims 2 Celebration Stuff (which is the only Stuff pack I own), and voilà, no more "The update process did not complete succesfully" problem.
After that I started installing the Expansion Packs (University, Nightlife, Oper for Business...) and without any problem at all. I don't know why it worked, but I really tried too many things (and spent too many hours x.X I'm a bit of a stubborn, I don't like it when I can't fix something xD -which by the way, is the reason I had to reformat my PC in the first place, haha) and that was my solution.
I hope this helps as it helped me. :)
--I'm sorry for my english. :P
AngryOldHag:
I think I tracked down the cause of my problem and my mother's. It's actually the latest drivers version that's conflicting. It's the only thing I can come up with. Here's the story: my mother has a new windows installation. She installed the sims 2 and university. They ran perfectly apart from a few graphic glitches that should be solved by updating the drivers.
I updated the drivers and promptly Sims 2 refuses to function at all. The new drivers are the only thing that changed so it's got to be that. I already submitted a question to NVidia, so here's hoping.
More proof that the drivers caused the problem: removed the new drivers, installed the old ones from the disc that came with the card and miracle of miracles, it works! So I think this problem is now solved ;D
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