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Is anyone else having this problem?  I recently got pets back from my niece who had borrowed it.  Since I've installed it on my new laptop, everytime I try to add a pet to a family, then load that family, my pc freezes, or rather the game stops responding.  This is happening every single time :(.  What could be the issue?  I took out insim after I installed Free Time.

wannabhermione - there are a number of issues with pets that were were corrected by post-release bug-fix patches.  I don't know with absolute certainty, but there may also be some issues regarding post-pets expansion packs not behaving well because there is content that may not be properly activated in the absence of pets when they were installed.

Both of these problems might be resolved by unistalling all your EPs back to before Pets EP and then re-installing the EPs in their order of release.  The EA tech manual recommends the following installation order for the PC-version of the game:

• Base Game: The Sims 2 (any version)
• Patch: The Sims 2 from http://thesims2.ea.com/update/
  
• Expansion Pack: University
• Patch: University from http://thesims2.ea.com/update/
  
• Expansion Pack: Nightlife (Included in TS2 Deluxe)
• Patch: Nightlife from http://thesims2.ea.com/update/
  
• Stuff Pack: Holiday Party Pack (2005)
• Expansion Pack: Open For Business
• Patch: Open For Business from http://thesims2.ea.com/update/
  
• Stuff Pack: Family Fun Stuff
• Patch: Family Fun from http://thesims2.ea.com/update/
  
• Expansion Pack: Pets
• Patch: Pets from http://thesims2.ea.com/update/
  
• Stuff Pack: Glamour Life Stuff
• Stuff Pack: Happy Holiday Stuff (2006)
• Expansion Pack: Seasons
• Patch: Seasons from http://thesims2.ea.com/update/
  
• Stuff Pack: Celebrations Stuff
• Stuff Pack: H&M Stuff
• Expansion Pack: Bon Voyage
• Patch: Bon Voyage from http://thesims2.ea.com/update/
  
• Stuff Pack: Teen Style Stuff
• Expansion Pack: FreeTime
• Patch: FreeTime from http://thesims2.ea.com/update/ (When Available)
  
• Stuff Pack: Kitchen & Bath Interior Design Stuff (not released)
• Stuff Pack: Ikea Home Stuff (not released)

In any event, please make certain to preserve a copy of your downloads and other save folder data (e.g., neighbourhoods, savedsims, etc) in a secure location outside the Documents folder during any un-install, install, or update process. Remember, uninstalling any portion of the game will result in all saved game data (including downloads, neighbourhoods, savedsims, etc.) being deleted!!

thanks, i'll try that, plus i don't have any patches.  although, this only seems to be happening in desiderata valley.  i made a family with pets in pleasantville last night, and had no problems at all.