Vista - The Sims 2

I just purchased a brand new Dell laptop with Vista, and whenever I try to create a new family, it will freeze.
It will also freeze/stop loading when
-I try and load some households
-I go downtown
And sometimes, I will completely load a household, but the screen (minus the control panel) will be black, and the music will be playing, but nothing will show up.
I have already uninstalled and reinstalled many times, and this still happens.
I played these games on my old computer and this never happened.
Help!!!

The Sims 2 was not originally created to run on Vista and is more of an XP game. Some people do have issues with it freezing up on Vista, though I have yet to have that issue since I bought the deluxe version with all the patches already applied to the game.

You may want to visit the Sims website and see if any patches are available for download and apply them if they are. Barring that, right clicking on short cut for the Sims and selecting the compatibility tab and selecting XP SP2 may help resolve the issues.

We also need your system specifications. Simply telling us you have the trashcan 2000 (Dell) doesn't really indicate the type of system you have. If you do not have enough RAM to play the game AND Vista, then the errors you described above can and will happen. Additionally, an incompatible graphics card can also cause these issues.

I'm having the exact same problem with freezing.

I absolutely have enough memory (it's a brand new computer with 4GB). I'm not completely sure how to check my graphics card, but I did follow someone else on the forum's advice and went from Control Panel -> Hardware and Sound -> Device Manager -> Display adapters. If that is my graphics card then I have a Mobile Intel(R) 965 Express Chipset Family.

Will I ever be able to play The Sims 2?

Also, I have the Sims 2 double Deluxe and Freetime. I downloaded the patches for Freetime, but it still freezes.

With that video card you would have freezing....try upgrading

Hi

This is my first time logging into here...so here goes.

My son has just bought a Sony VAIO laptop running on Vista Home Premium - 3GB, 2.10ghz so it has a decent memory compared to our pc.

We have always managed to play all the Sims expansion packs (Unleashed, Hot Date, Makin Magic, Vacation, etc.) on our old XP machine.

On the new laptop, during installation, we keep receiving messages saying there is not enough memory. The discs will continue to install but we cannot open the game up.

Is this a compatibility problem with Vista or am I missing something. I must admit we're struggling to find the compatibility wizard. Its not in the same place as on XP.

The graphics card is Nividia GeForce

Many thanks for any help.

Laptops traditionally have mobile video cards - which share at least a part of their memory with the System memory. This could be the problem - unless you buy a laptop that is specifically *made* for gaming, you'll probably run into this a lot, as Vista *by itself* wants 3 GB of RAM to run.

However, there is a caveat: We need to know the *exact* error message on the laptop. A generic out of memory error can refer to 4-5 different things.

Thanks for your reply anyway. I'll copy the error next time my son tries to use the sims.

I am having freezing problems with my Sims 2 too and I downloaded both patches that were on the Sims2 website with no success. I also tried running it on Admin. and it still freezes... I don't know what else to do to run the Sims 2...please help!!

ok so, i have a laptop that uses vista.
i downloaded as a torrent d sims2 since my dvd version is in another country with relatives.
i installed it,got d compability issues-searched forums and sort of resolved it but d 1 thing i couldnt resolve was the fact that my keyboard doesnt work in d create a sim section.i cant type anything therefore i cannot save and i cannot create the sim.but when im playing a family(that already existed),in live mode,the keyboard worked perfectly fine.all of the cheat codes and shortcuts..
pls help if u can.i would rly appreciate it!

I'm having the same issue when creating a new family. I have a Dell Studio 1535. Installed the patch and everything. Still doesn't work. I'm guessing there's no way to fix this problem is there?