Hmmm, I guess I'll get to work trying to figure out what is going on with my game. I am a graphic designer, so comp and memory, etc. are beyond what is needed for Sims 2. Actually, hubby spoils me and just bought me this computer built to handle both the game and Photoshop work.
I removed all cc as usual before installing Pets. Still haven't put the hacks back in, but all of a sudden, my whole computer will shut off. The first time it happened, I lost a lot of work. As my luck would have it, I wasn't at a point where I wanted to do another save yet. lol! (That won't happen again.) Now that I know it is the game shutting down my comp, I don't start it up if anything important is open too.