SIMS 2 (PC) wont work on vista

[mysticbertie]

i downloaded the sims 2 'money' dvd, i installe dthe game and crack fine on xp, i tried to install it the same way on my girls vista laptop and it still is lloking for the disc to be inserted even though i have copied over the crack to the game folder.

any ideas how i can get this game to work with vista

[Alco23]

Tried "Run as Administrator"?

[mysticbertie]

Tried "Run as Administrator"?

no i have not tried that, is that set using the right click and properties? or is there another way to set this for running the game?

cheers

[Beenieman]

I've had sims2 running on Vista without any major problems, it was a little slow on Vista so I reverted back to XP which made a hugh difference, again this was just because I only had 2gig of ram on the system so in Vista + Running Sims 2 well computer nearly died lol. Anyway it should run no problem aslong as you have a half decent system.

[mestari]

Money release is working fine on my Vista Ultimate..! Did you try that tip running it as Administrator?

[mysticbertie]

Money release is working fine on my Vista Ultimate..! Did you try that tip running it as Administrator?

yes i tried last night, right clicked on the shortcut and run as administrator, still came up with insert correct dvd. what did you need to do to get it to run?

[Beenieman]

I assume you mean you stuck the crack (fixed sims2.exe) here..

C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2\TSBin (this being the correct location)and not here..
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2

Same With Vista or XP it must go into the TSBIN Folder.

Maybe installing a few expansions and using thier fixed exe's might do the job and don't forget the patch, I assume you did run the patch after installing the base game, if not then that could explain why the fixed exe ain't working too?

[mysticbertie]

I assume you mean you stuck the crack (fixed sims2.exe) here..

C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2\TSBin (this being the correct location)and not here..
C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2

Same With Vista or XP it must go into the TSBIN Folder.

Maybe installing a few expansions and using thier fixed exe's might do the job and don't forget the patch, I assume you did run the patch after installing the base game, if not then that could explain why the fixed exe ain't working too?

yes i have it in the correct folder, i usually right click the icon and properties then find target and this opens up the correct directory.

i was unable to install the update as it says the sims2 disc is not in the drive, i have just realised this may be because the dvdrom is not named sims2 i have managed to call the disc name 'new' so i think thats why it aint installing the patch or running the game.

dooh how did i miss that, i will need to try tomorrow and see if this is the reason it aint working

thanks to all for your help

[Peerzy]

Sounds like you have just burned the image onto a disc as data, or downloaded a version of the game which has been extracted from the image.

[Beenieman]

I read somehwhere that if you apply the patch in safe mode that will get around the wrong cd message assuming you have a no-cd mounted though.