Okay, I just received a new laptop and tried installing The Sims on it. It's a Vista Home Premium 64-bit, and I've heard that there are problems installing games on Vista 64-bit (but I was pretty sure they released updates to fix or lessen the problem).

Anyways, I'm using the same discs I had used to install The Sims 2 on my Windows XP, but for some reason it doesn't appear to be installing properly. I couldn't find the EA Games folder in "My Documents" until AFTER I uninstalled the game, and now every time I try to update the game with any of the patches while installing it'll have this message saying there was an error and completely uninstalls. I seriously spent a whole day (11 AM- 5 AM) trying to install this game into my computer. I even reformatted it because I thought it might be a problem with SecuROM.

So, if anyone has the Vista Home Premium 64-bit OS, can you please tell me how did you install it? Did you install it using the default/basic settings or did you install using the "Advanced User" option and put it in My Documents or something? (I have installed The Sims 2 using Advanced User on my XP, so that I could put the game on an external hard drive and I never had a problem up until now!)

Some info on my laptop:
Inter Core 2 duo processor
4 GB RAM
250 GB Hard drive (191GB available)
Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit

Hey everybody, I have a few questions regarding Securom.

I had initially installed The Sims 2 on a very old PC which I really didn't care too much about, and basically only used solely for The Sims. However, I recently got a new laptop and I would like to install The Sims 2 on it because the old one is about to die any second. Now, I have a lot of custom content downloaded, and I also had Bon Voyage and Free Time installed. I know Securom leaves traces on your directory, but I'm not too sure what this means. If I copy all of my old characters and my downloadable content into my new game will I still have Securom?? (Even if I only install up to Seasons?) [When I say install I basically mean making a copy of my Downloads file or EA Games file and dragging it to my new computer].

Also, I remember finding a few solutions to Securom where you'd be able to play the new expansion packs WITHOUT Securom, but I can no longer find it. I don't know if this means they don't work or not, but if anyone can lead me to a working way I'd be grateful. BeosBoxBoy's FAQ appears to only remove it if you no longer want to play the game.