???Sims 2???

"Betty" wrote:

>
> "MJ" <MJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:27D22931-F635-4E3B-8A55-EEC26BC89D64@microsoft.com...

> > Hi!!
> > im wondering if i have to do anything special to use my Sims 2 games on
> > vista after i have installed it. Like if it has already moved them or if i
> > have to install them again and i will loose all my saved setting in the
> > game.
> > Now i am only 14 and i have my own computer and if you reply try to make
> > it
> > as simple as you can so i can understand!!! tehe!!! also will i have
> > enough
> > memory for my games along with all the other basic programs you have to
> > have
> > to run vista alone and enhance it with only 1GB? because if i don't have
> > to
> > buy more memory i wont because im only 14 remember and i have no money!!
> > tehe!!! THANKYOU SO MUCH!!!!!!
> >
> > ~MJ

>
> I have Sims 2 plus all expansion packs. I personally don't think 1 gig is
> enough to play the game really well! That is.....if you have all EP's too
> plus a lot of downloads.
>
> Also what video card do you have???
>
> Betty
>

Video card................umm i think that it is NVIDIA or
something...........?
Well i don't have all the EP's but three umm did you experience any
difficulty reinstalling them or did you even need to? Im not a diehard sims
player so i don't download a lot. (but i do love the game a lot!) WBS
~MJ

>

> Video card................umm i think that it is NVIDIA or
> something...........?
> Well i don't have all the EP's but three umm did you experience any
> difficulty reinstalling them or did you even need to? Im not a diehard
> sims
> player so i don't download a lot. (but i do love the game a lot!) WBS
> ~MJ

Somewhere on your desktop and right click, then choose properties, under XP
you would then choose the settings Tab, then there is a box that says
display, that's where you can tell what video card you have. Here's an
example of what you would see
http://images1.filecloud.com/404692/video.jpg

From there you can tell that I have a ATI 9600 Mobility card.

If you have a beefy enough video card, then the 1GB won't hurt as bad.
Seeing how my girlfriend was playing the Sims2 on a P2-500 celeron with
384MB of ram and a GF4MX card, it's doable, though painful. But she loves
her SIMs Now with her config, she ran into the problem of not being able to
have enugh SIMs in the game to achieve some goal of like havin 10 people at
a party, has the System would only generate up to 4 sims at a time.

I've since upgraded the GF's system to something a little more robust and
after we had a fight, I got back at her and loaded Vista on her system. That
will teach her ! I was able to reload the base SIMS2 and play it with no
patches, though I had the Special DVD version, which may of had a few
patches pre-applied.

But anyways, since you're 14, I'm going to guess Mums and dad aren't going
to spend much $$ on upgrading you to play the sims, as they probably expect
you to be using that computer to solve world hunger and such. I think
you're system will do well enough, if you have a decent video card

Alright well i downloaded the 'Windows Vista Upgrade Manager' and it Said
that my video card isn't compatible (mine is and NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE) So
thats just peachy!!!!! I want to upgrade to Vista soo bad!! but Along with my
video card my speakers printer and something thats called a Broadcom 440x/100
High Definition Audio CODEC (what ever in the world that is??!!?!?) wont work
either! so isn't there different drivers you can buy to make them work or
what should i do? I don't feel like talking to an actual microsoft cosomer
sevice person because the confuse me too much! I have tried talking to
dell(thats the kind of computer i have!) but they also confuse me!!!

Guess what happened!!!!

Well just by chance a on Saturday i had opened internet and tottaly forgot
what i was going to do so i just decided to go and see what has happened in
the latest Vista news and then i went to dell looking for and explanation to
why my devices arnt compatible and the told me to go the the dell vista
ugrade site and i did and I accidentally started to agree to get my free
upgrade and it turned out that was a good thing!! because that day was the
last day to redeem your free upgrade!!! AMAZING that this all happened
because i forgot what i was doing!!(Dont worry i got at least $20 out of my
parents to pay for shipping and handleing!)

So also the reason we hadn't gotten our vista free upgrade yet is because we
were waiting for all the bugs and glitches to be worked out so then we
wouldn't have to be the guinea pigs to all the problems but i was wondering
if you have noticed any general problems at all so if so let me know!

Thank you for your help! (your story about your GF is funny!!!! R u still
together after you put vista on her computer?)

~~MJ~~

"Dale White" wrote:

>

> > Video card................umm i think that it is NVIDIA or
> > something...........?
> > Well i don't have all the EP's but three umm did you experience any
> > difficulty reinstalling them or did you even need to? Im not a diehard
> > sims
> > player so i don't download a lot. (but i do love the game a lot!) WBS
> > ~MJ

>
>
> Somewhere on your desktop and right click, then choose properties, under XP
> you would then choose the settings Tab, then there is a box that says
> display, that's where you can tell what video card you have. Here's an
> example of what you would see
> http://images1.filecloud.com/404692/video.jpg
>
> From there you can tell that I have a ATI 9600 Mobility card.
>
> If you have a beefy enough video card, then the 1GB won't hurt as bad.
> Seeing how my girlfriend was playing the Sims2 on a P2-500 celeron with
> 384MB of ram and a GF4MX card, it's doable, though painful. But she loves
> her SIMs Now with her config, she ran into the problem of not being able to
> have enugh SIMs in the game to achieve some goal of like havin 10 people at
> a party, has the System would only generate up to 4 sims at a time.
>
> I've since upgraded the GF's system to something a little more robust and
> after we had a fight, I got back at her and loaded Vista on her system. That
> will teach her ! I was able to reload the base SIMS2 and play it with no
> patches, though I had the Special DVD version, which may of had a few
> patches pre-applied.
>
> But anyways, since you're 14, I'm going to guess Mums and dad aren't going
> to spend much $$ on upgrading you to play the sims, as they probably expect
> you to be using that computer to solve world hunger and such. I think
> you're system will do well enough, if you have a decent video card
>
>
>

Yes the little lady and I are still together, she actually likes Vista. But
mainly because it's pretty and she barely uses the system outside of
checking web mail, IM chat and playing the SIMS. So I could have loaded
Windows 95 and wouldn't matter. As long as she can access the web, Chat and
play the SIMS, she's happy happy. I just like to make the joke about getting
mad at her and loading Vista as payback

The Broadcom 44x is most likely your network card. I actually have a few
Broadcomm device and it's odd that your's is listed as incompatile.

I don't think yourr speakers have anything to worry about being Vista
compatible.

What printer do you have ?

Keep in mind, just because you get your upgrade, doesn't mean that you
actually have to use it anytime soon. It should be a CD and a serial key,
that you could wait as long as you want to upgrade.

What strikes me odd, is you have a PC that comes with a Vista upgrade
coupon, but you have equipment that the Vista upgrade advisor says isn't
compatibile with Vista. Accordng to nVidia, your 6150LE is supported under
Vista.

Why is it you want to upgrade to Vista so bad ?

Here's my two cents. You probably need to sit down with the parents, and in
a loving carng, you guys are the greatest kinda way, tell them your PC
"might" be a little under powered for Vista ( and cough while saying it )
and The SIMS2. See if you can get them to commit to helping you get some
fairly cheap upgrade parts, like a Nvidia 7600GS card for around $100, maybe
a new sound card for $50 ( though I don't think you're going to need this)

Basically, you need to setup a Plan B, in case what you have doesn't work
and you decide to upgrade to Vista now instead of waiting another 3 months.
I think for even the SIMS you're going to want a new video card has the
6150LE is pretty crappy in my book.

Obviously, you could have one of your parents post on here as well, asking
for more help or clarification on what is being suggested and why.
Understand, we're working with limited information of your exact system
specs and so we can only make generic suggestions




"MJ" <MJ@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:747EC405-E2B7-4B6F-92EC-53217A9E7B3D@microsoft.com...

> Alright well i downloaded the 'Windows Vista Upgrade Manager' and it Said
> that my video card isn't compatible (mine is and NVIDIA GeForce 6150 LE)
> So
> thats just peachy!!!!! I want to upgrade to Vista soo bad!! but Along with
> my
> video card my speakers printer and something thats called a Broadcom
> 440x/100
> High Definition Audio CODEC (what ever in the world that is??!!?!?) wont
> work
> either! so isn't there different drivers you can buy to make them work or
> what should i do? I don't feel like talking to an actual microsoft cosomer
> sevice person because the confuse me too much! I have tried talking to
> dell(thats the kind of computer i have!) but they also confuse me!!!
>
> Guess what happened!!!!
>
> Well just by chance a on Saturday i had opened internet and tottaly forgot
> what i was going to do so i just decided to go and see what has happened
> in
> the latest Vista news and then i went to dell looking for and explanation
> to
> why my devices arnt compatible and the told me to go the the dell vista
> ugrade site and i did and I accidentally started to agree to get my free
> upgrade and it turned out that was a good thing!! because that day was the
> last day to redeem your free upgrade!!! AMAZING that this all happened
> because i forgot what i was doing!!(Dont worry i got at least $20 out of
> my
> parents to pay for shipping and handleing!)
>
> So also the reason we hadn't gotten our vista free upgrade yet is because
> we
> were waiting for all the bugs and glitches to be worked out so then we
> wouldn't have to be the guinea pigs to all the problems but i was
> wondering
> if you have noticed any general problems at all so if so let me know!
>
> Thank you for your help! (your story about your GF is funny!!!! R u still
> together after you put vista on her computer?)
>
> ~~MJ~~
>
> "Dale White" wrote:
>

>>

>> > Video card................umm i think that it is NVIDIA or
>> > something...........?
>> > Well i don't have all the EP's but three umm did you experience any
>> > difficulty reinstalling them or did you even need to? Im not a diehard
>> > sims
>> > player so i don't download a lot. (but i do love the game a lot!) WBS
>> > ~MJ

>>
>>
>> Somewhere on your desktop and right click, then choose properties, under
>> XP
>> you would then choose the settings Tab, then there is a box that says
>> display, that's where you can tell what video card you have. Here's an
>> example of what you would see
>> http://images1.filecloud.com/404692/video.jpg
>>
>> From there you can tell that I have a ATI 9600 Mobility card.
>>
>> If you have a beefy enough video card, then the 1GB won't hurt as bad.
>> Seeing how my girlfriend was playing the Sims2 on a P2-500 celeron with
>> 384MB of ram and a GF4MX card, it's doable, though painful. But she loves
>> her SIMs Now with her config, she ran into the problem of not being able
>> to
>> have enugh SIMs in the game to achieve some goal of like havin 10 people
>> at
>> a party, has the System would only generate up to 4 sims at a time.
>>
>> I've since upgraded the GF's system to something a little more robust and
>> after we had a fight, I got back at her and loaded Vista on her system.
>> That
>> will teach her ! I was able to reload the base SIMS2 and play it with no
>> patches, though I had the Special DVD version, which may of had a few
>> patches pre-applied.
>>
>> But anyways, since you're 14, I'm going to guess Mums and dad aren't
>> going
>> to spend much $$ on upgrading you to play the sims, as they probably
>> expect
>> you to be using that computer to solve world hunger and such. I think
>> you're system will do well enough, if you have a decent video card
>>
>>
>>