Something very strange has happened with my Sims 2.
    I had all of the expansion packs installed and a very large amount of stuff in my downloads folder. First I started having problems with the game locking up during play. I disabled all custom content that was ID'd as a possible conflict, and it still kept locking up.
    Then, the game started crashing occasionaly during bootup. I was able to get around that by re-starting my PC, then starting the game again, and then the game would then boot up normally.
    Last week, I had the game up and running one evening. I closed it down and didn't try to re-open it again until the following day. This time it crashed during bootup, immediately after the first "notch" on the progress bar. I re-started the PC and tried again, but this time it would not load. Kept crashing immediately after the first section of the progress bar filled in.
    I removed everything today and checked to make sure there was no Sims 2 left on the registry. I re-loaded only the Sims 2 -- none of the expansion packs -- and tried to start the game. This time it crashed when it got to the third "notch" in the progress bar. Tried re-starting the PC and re-starting the game, and it crashed again.
    So I have no idea what's going on. Would appreciate any help anyone can offer.
    Thanks very much.

Am having increasing problems with game locking up, requiring me to do "hard" re-boot (i.e., turn off power) and restart my PC.

I have all expansion packs installed. My PC is a Dell XPS 720, so I'm assuming the problem is not any sort of capacity shortcoming such as RAM, processing, etc. I have many, many custom downloads.

Recently started having problems with game locking up during play. I may have downloaded something recently that is causing the problem, but if that's the case, the problem download isn't obvious.

I assume that as a last resort, I could dump all of the custom content, re-install the game, and re-install the game files as they were the last time I backed it up, which was several weeks ago. But I'd rather not do that if it can be avoided.

Would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks very much.

Could someone please tell me where I can download Insiminator v2.7b? I find many links that say, "To download, go here and scroll down until you see the download link." But when I do that, I can't find the download link. I find lots and lots of documentation, but no download button. Have also tried to search the forums, but can't find any help there.

Thanks very much.

Have developed a problem with crashing. Seems to happen under two circumstances: (1) If I play a residential lot where six or eight Sims live and try to invite someone over, the game usually crashes. (2) If I play a community lot and try to bring in a group, the game often crashes at some point. Sometimes it's during play, sometimes it's when I try to make the group leave the community lot.

I'm guessing that it's some kind of problem with virtual memory. I've tried tinkering with the virtual memory setting but it doesn't seem to be doing any good.

Would appreciate any suggestions. Thanks very much.

I keep getting a couple of error messages, hope someone can advise me on how to clear them up.

I have all the expansion packs, including Seasons and Celebration.

One of the error messages says "Object Error." The readout says "An error occurred in object 'JobData - Adult - Athletics', and then it gives a number. This error with JobData-Adult-Athletics occurs every time I load a lot. It happens three times before each lot loads, and when I've hit delete for the third time, the Object Error message stops and the lot loads. Doesn't matter whether it's a residential or community lot. And as I said, it's always Adult Athletics. The numbers will be in ascending order, like, "... Adult-Athletics #411," (for example) then, same thing, "#510," then "609" or whatever.

The second recurring Object Error is "Too many iterations" and it seems to be happening more and more frequently.

Would appreciate any comments. Thanks very much.

Hope someone can help. I'm trying to transfer all my old Sims 2 files to a new PC and have a problem.

I have all the expansion packs up to Seasons, do not have Celebration Stuff. A few days ago, I copied all of the Sims 2 files from the My Documents/EA Games/Sims 2 file on the old PC and downloaded them onto the new PC. I have many, many files in the Downloads folder, as well as about six months worth of saved games and other data.

I downloaded all of the Sims 2 games I have onto the new PC, then loaded all of the files from the old Sims 2 folder into the new folder, the My Documents/EA Games/Sims 2 folder. Everything worked fine. When I opened up the game, everything was right where I left it on the old PC.

Then, however, I used IntelliMover to transfer the remaining data files from my old PC to the new one. Something screwy happened after this transfer. Now, when I open Sims 2 Seasons, a screen saying Sims 2 Open for Business appears while the game is booting up. This is despite the fact that I've downloaded Seasons and clicked on the Seasons shortcut to start the game.

After the Open for Business screen disappears, I'm given the choice of choosing a neighborhood. So I click on Pleasantville. I get the screen for Pleasantville. I click on a lot. I get a loading screen. The progress bar works its way across the top. But after the progress bar is complete, the lot doesn't load and the game stalls. After waiting a long time, I tried Ctrl/Alt/Delete and I get an error message saying the game has crashed.

I tried removing all Sims 2 games from the new PC and downloading everything again, and the same thing happened.

As I said, everything worked OK until I did the data transfer with the IntelliMover software.

The old PC is a Dell XPS with 2 gigs of RAM, 500 gig hard drive and two video cards. The new PC is a Dell XPS with 4 gigs of RAM, 600 gig hard drive and also two video cards. It doesn't seem that there should be any problem with memory or hard drive space.

Anybody have any suggestions or ideas on how to correct this?

Thanks very much.