my sims 2 freezes?

First check out the Sims2 website to see if there are any patches for that particular game. http://thesims2.ea.com/update/?pid=Help_patches

There might be issues with the ability of your computer to handle the program. When I used to play my Sims2 on my laptop I found that it lagged and dragged and eventually froze completely because the computer just wasn't able to handle it.

I was able to work around it by going into the options menu (the "*" asterisk) on the menu screen when in neighborhood or family mode. From there I chose to minimize the quality of the graphics, sound, turned off shadows & reflections as well as the in game "vignettes" that play during special moments, I think they call it "special event camera" and the picture in picture option for special events. Once I set a lot of these options to the minimal setting it did run a bit better.

Check out the Sims2 Community BBS sometimes other users have great tips for improving game play.

http://bbs.thesims2.ea.com/community/bbs/index.php...

Another option is to look into the specifications http://www.ehow.com/how_3054_find-much-memory.html

for your computer and compare them to the requirements for your game, http://thesims2.ea.com/help/detail.php?help_id=21

you might need to upgrade your video or some other drivers. Or it could be your memory/ram and that isn't so easy or cheap to solve.

One possible quick fix to try is to try & clean up your hard drive. Using scan disk and defrag and the drive clean up tools to free up drive space. Clear your cookies and temp caches. All that stuff takes up space and can slow it down. Before doing this I recommend being very careful and following all instructions carefully so you don't wreck your comp. http://www.nanc.com/support/winhowto/scandefrag.ph...

http://www.rjreichert.com/defrag.htm

If still experiencing trouble then you might also want to check out the Sims2 website for their link to the EA games help/support for Sims2. http://support.ea.com/cgi-bin/ea.cfg/php/enduser/h...

Sims 2 is a very large game. Wants to bascially "take over" your PC. Freezing is most likely due to other applications running, not enough RAM, not a good enough display adapter and prehaps your PC just not being powerful enough.

Do not rub your disc with alcohol, if its freezing its not going to make a difference and it will possibly destroy the disc.

This same thing happens to me. I went and bought a ram upgrade and it works like a charm.

Also go to...gamefaqs.com in the faqs section its got some great tips including turning down hardware acceleration, and graphics.

Alot of people with laptops have this subject. in case you do this I promise you your game won't freeze on the Create A family demonstrate screen. click on Run. (in case you do not see it- click on the commencing up icon then click on All classes. Then click on upload-ons. Run is in upload-ons.) click on Run. A container will pop up. kind in msconfig then click on the start up tab. a itemizing of classes that are checked off will pop up. locate the container that's checked off that's your risk-free practices gadget. bypass away it checked off. (Enabled.) UNcheck all different classes. Then click persist with. Then click ok. then you definately will might desire to restart your notebook. Then attempt enjoying your Sims game. the only different factor that would desire to make the sport crash after that would desire to be that your video card would not thoroughly help the Sims 2. common restore! in case you're enjoying when you have disabled the pointless classes, bypass to the in game pics/video ideas (The little circle with the three little dots you spot on your community demonstrate screen, like Strangetown) that's the place your video/pics selection is. turn off reflections and transparency. Set the video pics ideas to decrease settings. (you may additionally substitute the call to a decrease placing in case you want to. as a substitute of 1200x860 or notwithstanding the heck it incredibly is, substitute it to 800x600 or notwithstanding in case you want to.) you may regulate the settings although you like. however the disabling classes at start up I assure will make your notebook not crash. in simple terms make certain your risk-free practices gadget is the only application working at start up. the different classes will nonetheless run, in simple terms not at start up.

the 1st thing you need to do is click on the start,look for ea games right click on sims2 and look for easy info run this will tell you if your pc has what it takes to run the game. Also make sure to use the ctrl,altc,delete to open the task window and end progress tree on all owner programs EXCEPT taskmanger.exe and explore.exe now END PROGESS ON task manger. start game. DO NOT CLOSE OUT EXPLORER if you do you will need to rebot PC.

Try to restart your pc and try again

you should rub the disc off with alcohol

U NEED

128mb VGA at least

512mb ram

thats wat u all need