You're welcome.  

I'm going to go try the FT out tonight so if I discover anything else about this I will come back and update this.

I haven't played it yet myself- but my 16 yr old is being the "tester" and he says:

You need to have a really high lifetime aspiration level and have HIGH enthusiasm in more than one hobby (the more the better).

HOWEVER- he used a cheat to max out his skills, hobby enthusiasm, etc, and the genie didn't show up- so he tried again without the cheat- and got a genie.

So- I guess you have to get there without cheats.

Hope this helps.

To be perfectly honest...

I do love my avi...

But unfortunately it doesn't work.

Banging my head on the keyboard as illustrated usually just locks up my computer and gives me a migraine.  LOL

I have been trying to get a link on the first page to load for this whole time by the way- so yeah- I can see me having a total avi moment here very soon.  (grrrr)

If I understood this thing right though- it means that you CAN remove the SecuRom but that if you want to play the games again- it installs it again- and then you have to remove it again- only to have it reinstall again and so on

I think we are going to use the old PC as our "guinea pig"... just in case. LOL

Lines are fine... LINKS are a real bother though.  LOL

No worries-  I'm in less pain today and not as likely to get my panties in a wad about such things anyhoo. LOL  

Now I just need to go find a link... crap. :chainsaw:

YOU didn't need to apologize by the way- I wanted to be sure to do so to anyone whose toes I might have stepped on- but you didn't do a thing wrong.

I tend to like to explain myself... of course... if you've seen my signature and avatar... there is likely not much else to explain.  *heeheehee*

REALLY???

Wow, that is good news, but mine doesn't seem to be working.

Did you uninstall yours before installing FT then reinstall it after?

Also- as far as I can tell (so far) it seems like if you use the boolprop testing cheats thing to up your skills and such that it kind of doesn't recognize that you are "super creative".

It might be a glitch with my game though as we only installed it on our OLD pc so far to be sure it wasn't going to make anything self-destruct. LOL

I don't really care either way myself.  If we decide to install FT we will just do it on our old pc- that way we don't take a chance on messing up the new one.  

I just posted it because somewhere (when I was searching for something else) I saw some people posting a "will FT have SecuROm?" only when I got the confirmation I couldn't find my way back to those posts. LMAO

I figured I'd just add the thread here in case anyone was really wanting to know.

I have a friend that installed FT on her brand new laptop.... she says she doesn't know anything about SecuRom but that as far as she can tell her laptop is working as good as it was before she installed the FT.  

Beats me.... >>>>?<<<<

I mostly searched this site- well ok- when I say "search" that means I went to all the threads LOOKING for answers because the "search" heading at the top of the page doesn't ever work for me- it always goes to "this page cannot be displayed".  As far as being "thorough"... I did the best I could to find a "how to backup" and "how to remove/ should I remove the insimenator" type of things... but when you say that compiling all those links takes time- I'm sure it does... unfortunately NONE of the links here ever open for me.  I get the same "page can't be displayed" thing.

I feel almost certain that it is because when I click on a link it takes the blazing dial-up speed of 29 kbps soooo long to try to open the page it times out.

So, I am sitting at my pc for HOURS and not mere seconds like those of you with high-speed.  I am clicking like hell on links.  I am getting more frustrated by the minute.

At some point you kind of throw your hands up and say "I will just ask- maybe someone can show me the way..."

I admit I got to that point.  I have never had any downloaded items, hacks, or mods before this so I really felt kind of lost about what to do with this stuff before I install a new EP.

I also tried to access the FAQ but with the links not working- it wasn't much help.

SO--- I did delete my stupid questions and I did send out apologies.

NO- I don't blame him for being ticked off- not really.

I'm sure having lots of silly people asking silly questions all the time is annoying.

So, once again- I AM SORRY.

I have just decided to delete all my stuff for now (from the game) and I managed to make a backup disk after a lot of hair-pulling, cussing, and moaning.  I will hope that I can figure it out on my own later on.

I probably should have stated my question better- since in reality I understood all along that I had to have the correct version of the Insim for the correct (most recent) EP and that this site has nothing to do with Inteen.

I chalk that up to the high amount of Vicodin I've been popping lately (due to a really painful back injury).  :-P

That said, once again, I will just try to watch what I ask around here, and perhaps try to find someone with high-speed who will let me use their pc so I can MAYBE access all these links you mentioned.

Until that happens I can't see anyway to stop my pages from "timing out" before I get the information I need.

Sorry again for all the drama... I was just trying to get a "go here" or "do this".

I am trying to figure out a way to delete everything I ever posted here- including this thread- so if anyone wants to keep this one open -?-

IS there a way to just delete my original post and leave everyone elses?

(I haven't figured out how to delete all of my posts here yet anyway- but am asking in case I do- lol- sorry.)

Just got an email confirming it.

The new EP "Free Time" DOES install SecuRom.  :chainsaw:


I need to send a thank you on that email- she just saved me another $35 for yet another game that I would have had to use as a paper-weight. :S

Thought I'd post it for anyone who was "waiting to see".

I guess we get to screw up our pc's or spend our hard earned money on something else this week.

For anyone who doesn't think they are having a problem- hold your breath-

I didn't even know about the Securom thing until last night... but in less than 24 hours I have realized that all the things that had stopped working on my new pc- well - guess what...

It was Securom and BV.

I uninstalled the H&M, TSS, and BV then used the tool to remove Securom... and now my original Dell music, video, etc programs are working again, my McAfee has stopped bombarding me with "warnings", and all is right with the world...

Well except for the $90 I'm out for the stupid EA products that I am not afraid to use.

I am just glad I found out about this before I went out and bought Free Time... I had my money saved up and all ready to spend...

Nope- I have given enough to EA seeing as I have bought EVERY Sim game, EP, and stuff pack for TS2 and I bought all the ones for the original Sims too.

I don't like spending my hard earned money on un-usable games.

EA didn't even say "Sorry".

NICE---- way to gain customer loyalty eh?

uggg--- all i can say is Securom.

I had no idea what was wrong with my game or why my new pc kept crashing until i read the posts here and at ea about securom.

My wasted money that I paid for BV, H&M, and TSS says that it might have something to do with your problems as well.