i keep getting a error files...but the same error is listed for all

Data Error (cyclic redundancy check) (0x17)
could some one plsz tell me what this is and if i can fix it....

i am curious about these 2 things...

if i removed my downloads folder from my game how come the houses i downloaded still show up in the game? i concluded they must be put in a different folder and was wondering where...

second i was just wondering what the thumbnails folder was...when u open it u get a list of what's in it...
build mode thumbnails
CANH objects thumbnails
CASthumbnails.package
design mode thumbnails
object thumbnails.package
and it shows the size of KB's in each of them...
i seen somewhere that u can delete different folders to help your game run better without problems occuring ...ex. accessory cache...cigen...groups cache...
and i did see something about thumbnails can be deleted also as these others i mentioned...i've delete the others before i start my game each time....
is the thumbnail the one i just mentioned ? or something else....whatever it is i would appreciate some more info. about it...and if it is safe to do....thanks in advance for any help....

I don't know if this was ever mentioned way back...i usually don't play the already in game sims but i decided to play brandi's house...partly cuz i wanted to let her have that kid she is preg. with cuz got sick of her visiting my sims houses and throwin up all the time in their toilets....
So back to my discovery...i looked thru her memories and found that her husband died before little Beau was born...but when she has this kid she is currently preg. with it shows Skip her dead husband as the father...??
How can this be??? i was so surprised cuz i figured she was preg. by someone in the neighborhood...only logical explaination...

Hi everyone,

1. If u take out your downloads folder and just put it on your desktop...and then were to reinstall your games...can u just drag and drop the downloads folder back in? or do u have to extract and reinstall everything again?Same questions with the game patches too.

2. if u were playing a family u made and u saved your game a few times....then u decided u didn't want the family anymore and u put them in the bin and delete them...is there still things in folders somewhere in the game still? and if so how do u get rid of it and them?

3. also i remember when i use to play sims 1 it was so much easier to know what everything was in my folders for the game...sims 2 is so confusing to me and i don't know what all the stuff is...infact almost nothing....With sims 1 i had all the expansions just like with sims 2.... but i used to take out stuff i never would use from sims 1 like clothes....hats... now in sims 2 i don't use alot of the clothes and head stuff mostly the costume stuff like the diving suit ect...is there a way to remove them to make the game run better?

well that's all for now folks!!!! thanks in advance anyone who can explain these things to me...:smt120

Some of my sims r such idiots... who in their right mind would lounge by the pool in the middle of winter with outerwear on of course to daydream?
Then the ones who go swimming in the winter is a real killer...before they go out the door to do so they spin and put on winter coats...then at the diving board they do the famous spin and naturally r in their swimsuits...then to make matters worse when they get out they decide to have a snowball fight and the idiots r still in their swimsuits...u would think the ones who have their logic skill maxed out would know better...not the case at all...
Then why must my sims use the table i put by the mailbox for the mail to put the coffee cups on...i mean they have tons of counter space 2 tables and they walk all that distance to put them on that table....and then they no sooner get back in the house and they turn and head out again to bring it to the dishwasher...and my tread mill was outside...i always had it there..well my sim girl needed to shed some pounds as i'm sure u all know they get really fat and fast with seasons...so i had her go jog off some pounds well believe me they overheat fast and u already know about the hygiene drop...well they still head for the shower and naturally a hot one at that...so she gets out of the shower and she is on fire...i think wow remind me not to take a shower when i'm overheated..so here i am trying to get the fire thought from her brain and get her to jump in the pool to cool off...nope she rather jump up and down and scream...meanwhile her husband and blessed children come running in and join the screaming concert..i had a heck of time trying to get them to forget about the fire and get the fire exstinguishers out of their butts to save her....to late she died...dumb i tell ya...what is more insane is the fact that while i'm watching them do these things...i'm actually talking to them and telling them they r idiots....:smt120
i did have pics of these momentive events..but i uninstalled my games and forgot to save them...but the memories live on....

So i think it would b fun to have us share some dumb things our precious sims do...moderators if there is already a thread like this i appologize in advance and feel free to remove it...however if this is the case plsz point me in the right direction of where they r at....

Well i have been having some fun downloading stuff,and i thought i would share somethings with u guys....
As the heading for this post says....the things i downloaded r old things...and of course they r new to Me....but the Blue is the real kicker....

First i downloaded couple houses from the very talented creations of Dinki and Comicalmuse...this is really funny....
i got dinki's house Pebbles..and muse's Rancho Americano part #3....both these homes have basements....i like to play in the bluewater neighborhood...anyways i put them near Florence Delrosa's home which is flat and not real close to the water....When i went to move in them....i laughed cuz the basements were full of water....it looked funny to see the furniture under water....So my 1st. thought was great the 2 of u sold me homes with leaky basements....LOL
i moved them to higher elevation and they r fine now....

now the 2nd. Blue thing is.....Muse the home i mentioned above in the neighborhood view the 4 trees in each corner flash blue...these trees came with the game so they r not cc...i was wondering why they r doing this? now when u actually go to the house they r not flashing at all....
i like your Ranch series muse and have 2 and will get the other ones also...
I also want to mention i downloaded the insimenator "sims" version and it works but it shows up red on clean installer and i was wondering why? and was wondering if i should remove it and redownload it again mayb i did something wrong....cuz my game has been crashing lately after i play it for awhile...

ok finally my game is running...i have all 4 expansion packs...i've also downloaded some custom stuff...some isn't in my game...i know which ones didn't but not sure how to remove them from my downloads folder...I mean there is so many numbers and some is labeled so i know what they r...but when it is just in numbers i'm not sure....i do have clean installer and was wondering if  the number by a name of who it is from if i then use that number and correspond it in my downloads folder so that i remove the right stuff?
Also i was thinking of getting the insimenator...but not sure what version i should get and i read the documentation on it...just still little confused which version to get...any recommendations?