I've been having problems with the Sims2 (and ten expansion packs) in Windows
Vista because of one bluescreen and a series Application Crashes and Hangups
during the game because of out-of tolerance image issues. Windows Defender
blocks the game everytime that I try to load it because of "potentially
unwanted behavior", so I have to bypass Windows Defender in order to play the
game. My theory is that the Nvidia kernels nvlddmkm.sys and DX 10 are not
designed to be flexible with the resolutions and color bit rates of these
games, rendering them out of tolerance with the newer Vista-Ready Nvidia
drivers and the Windows Vista operating system. Windows Vista does not seem
to have the automatic image resolution flexibility that Windows XP has. I
suggest changing your screen resolution to match the requirements of the
game. If you have DirectX 10 installed, it may not work with Sim2 because it
requires DirectX 9c. If you have space for a second hard drive, you can
install The latest version of Windows XP then load and play your games from
that one, instead, because Sims 2 works very well on XP.
Since the experts at microsoft, EAgames and Nvidia have not found a way to
solve this problems; I have removed all of my games from Windows Vista and
I'm reloading them onto my Windows XP drive, so that I don't have to manually
adjust the screen resolution just to play a game, anymore. When I had my
Dell XPS 600 upgraded, I chose to have a second hard drive installed for
Vista for a Dual-boot configuration because I understood and compared this
situation to that of Windows XP when it first came out. I is relief to be
able to go back to something more reliable until someone takes the bugs out
of Vista. I'm sure that Microsoft and third party manufacturers are going to
be inundated with consumer complaints for many years to come because of
windows Vista. When windows XP came out, it was an unrealized "diamond in
the rough". I'm not so sure about Windows Vista, however, because we may be
witnessing Microsoft's biggest blunder. There are two major things that I
would not recommend Vista for and those are; Video games and Home
entertainment systems with HDTV and/or Dolby and DTS surround sound (video
and audio limitations are built-in diliberately). Microsoft would have been
a lot better off if they would have designed and intoduced a service pack 3
for Windows XP and held off on introducing Windows Vista to consumers.
Windows Vista may require at least ten service packs to function
satisfactorily with all consumers. Microsoft, third party manufacturers, and
the motion picture industry have to understand that consumers want their
computers to do certain things and they will not tolerate corporate or legal
manipulation of this technology to reduce or complicate its full potential.
"DENISE" wrote:
> I just bought a new computer with windows vista and I'm unable to play any of
> my sim 2 games. help me Thanks, DENISE
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