Having recently installed XP Home on my PC I now find I cannot install daughter's original SIMS game although the Expansion Packs would seem to be OK- if the original Sims could be installed. I know it cannot as it relies on DOS but is there a patch, file, cheat or whatever to permit the installation, or are all the Exp packs now useless?
Thanks, Tez
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Jump to PostThe original Sims game requires administrator rights in order to run. Are you using a restricted user account on that system? If so, the game will not run within that environment. It has to be installed and run from an account with full administrator provileges.
Jump to Posthi yeah you my need to patch the game or try reinstalling the original sims but take off any expansion packs first
Jump to PostNo it should work fine. Works fine for me on XP, just remember you have to run it as an admin.
Jump to PostYou cant really, its just because it was designed for DOS, not NT.
Most games need admin rights (generally because of copy protection)
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