Sims 2 CD Question

flaherrc · Oct 16, 2004, 01:48 AM

Interesting thing happened to my buddy this afternoon. He tried installing the game and got to the CD-Key part and had to cancel out. Once he found his CD Key and tried to restart the installation it wouldn't work. He said he could see the files, but none of the files could be opened. It was weird. I tried opeing file folders in explorer and they were empty. I tried opening a txt file and a right click wouldn't even give me a menu. I rebooted - no luck. I tried other CD's and didn't have the problem - vis a vis I don't think it is a universal drive issue. I took his CD and tried it on my computer - canceling at the cd key entry (I don't even have this game) and no problems. CD works fine. My thought is something got hung during his initial installation. I checked the registry and didn't find any entries for "sim" that were relevant.

Any help? Anybody?

Thanks,
bob

Callandor · Oct 17, 2004, 03:48 PM

When you say "explorer" i take it you mean Windows. If your friend is running Windows XP and just happens to have gotten one of the SPs (service packs, either 1 or 2) then maybe, this may be the prob. Service pack looks great, and feels great (for some people<shiver>) but works like sh*t. Check out the read me on the cd and see if the sims website has anything to say about this issue. If not, then ask them about it.

One crapy thing about SP1 is reinstalling graphics card drivers. The bloody OS keeps on installing its own drivers autumatically when you start up, and, as you may know, you cant just run driver cleaner normally, must be in safe mode. But on restart, SP1 stupidly reinstalls the flippin drivers you just removed

WTH?
You get pissed, clean drivers in normal mode anyway, registry gets messed up, you install new drivers, they dont work? What, does Microsoft think there are no gamers out there who use SP1?

This happened on a friends laptop running a GE-FORCE FX5200 Go yesterday and i just cant understand it.

Kill-O-Byte · Oct 17, 2004, 11:58 PM

If you use the CAB cleaner that is in the Driver Cleaner then you wouldn't have that problem.

Callandor · Oct 18, 2004, 10:02 AM

Yeah, i used the CAB cleaner last night and everything was a-ok afterward. Didnt wanna do this when the prob occurecd coz we were in a rush as there was a counterstrike LAN party going on at my place and the [COLOR=Lime]jellybean supply[/COLOR] was diminishing.

Bart1987 · Oct 18, 2004, 11:07 AM

The sims 2 won't install on PC's with cloneCD and some other burning/virtual drive programs.

flaherrc · Oct 19, 2004, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bart1987

The sims 2 won't install on PC's with cloneCD and some other burning/virtual drive programs.

Disagree. I have CloneCD, Dameon Tools, Nero and Farstone's Virtual Drive all installed on my computer and have no issues. My buddy, has none of these and he is having the trouble.

Thanks for the help, I will try cleaning up the CAB using Driver Cleaner.

bob

Callandor · Oct 19, 2004, 06:06 PM

Its just a matter of disabling your virtual drive capability in Nero/Clone CD/Daemon Tools.

The tech support for sims 2 gives instructions how to do this:
http://eagames.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/..._prod_lvl1=474

Click on Problem No. 15775
(sorry, the url to get straight there is way to long; it makes the page go all funny)

Oct 16, 2004, 01:48 AM	#1
flaherrc DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Indiana Posts: 48 Rep Power: 0	Sims 2 CD Question Interesting thing happened to my buddy this afternoon. He tried installing the game and got to the CD-Key part and had to cancel out. Once he found his CD Key and tried to restart the installation it wouldn't work. He said he could see the files, but none of the files could be opened. It was weird. I tried opeing file folders in explorer and they were empty. I tried opening a txt file and a right click wouldn't even give me a menu. I rebooted - no luck. I tried other CD's and didn't have the problem - vis a vis I don't think it is a universal drive issue. I took his CD and tried it on my computer - canceling at the cd key entry (I don't even have this game) and no problems. CD works fine. My thought is something got hung during his initial installation. I checked the registry and didn't find any entries for "sim" that were relevant. Any help? Anybody? Thanks, bob

Oct 17, 2004, 03:48 PM	#2
Callandor Forged on Dragonmount Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 7,237 Rep Power: 304 System Specs	When you say "explorer" i take it you mean Windows. If your friend is running Windows XP and just happens to have gotten one of the SPs (service packs, either 1 or 2) then maybe, this may be the prob. Service pack looks great, and feels great (for some people<shiver>) but works like sht. Check out the read me on the cd and see if the sims website has anything to say about this issue. If not, then ask them about it. One crapy thing about SP1 is reinstalling graphics card drivers. The bloody OS keeps on installing its own drivers autumatically when you start up, and, as you may know, you cant just run driver cleaner normally, must be in safe mode. But on restart, SP1 stupidly reinstalls the flippin drivers you just removed WTH? You get pissed, clean drivers in normal mode anyway, registry gets messed up, you install new drivers, they dont work? What, does Microsoft think there are no gamers out there who use SP1? This happened on a friends laptop running a GE-FORCE FX5200 Go yesterday and i just cant understand it. __________________ Last edited by Callandor; Oct 17, 2004 at 03:57 PM.*

Oct 17, 2004, 11:58 PM	#3
Kill-O-Byte DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 120 Rep Power: 0	If you use the CAB cleaner that is in the Driver Cleaner then you wouldn't have that problem. __________________ XP 1800+ @1610 (fsb 140) GA-7vtxe kt266a board 512 meg ddr2100 Built by 9500pro @324/310 SB Audigy gamer

Oct 18, 2004, 10:02 AM	#4
Callandor Forged on Dragonmount Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 7,237 Rep Power: 304 System Specs	Yeah, i used the CAB cleaner last night and everything was a-ok afterward. Didnt wanna do this when the prob occurecd coz we were in a rush as there was a counterstrike LAN party going on at my place and the [COLOR=Lime]jellybean supply[/COLOR] was diminishing. __________________ Last edited by Callandor; Oct 18, 2004 at 11:41 AM.

Oct 19, 2004, 06:06 PM	#7
Callandor Forged on Dragonmount Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada Posts: 7,237 Rep Power: 304 System Specs	Its just a matter of disabling your virtual drive capability in Nero/Clone CD/Daemon Tools. The tech support for sims 2 gives instructions how to do this: http://eagames.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/..._prod_lvl1=474 Click on Problem No. 15775 (sorry, the url to get straight there is way to long; it makes the page go all funny) __________________

Oct 18, 2004, 11:07 AM	#5
Bart1987 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: The Netherlands Posts: 634 Rep Power: 0	The sims 2 won't install on PC's with cloneCD and some other burning/virtual drive programs.