Muad_dib

Fixed Checked... No need to update the OS, neither the video drivers... The problem was the fact that WinXp keeps lots of background processes. I killed almost all user processes (except explorer) and then the game started... Thanks anyway

I'm having a problem with "the sims" on WinXp... The game loads at first, then the screen gets black and the window where the game should run gets minimized (goes on the systray). The pc stays locked for a while, and tryies to load the game for other three times (the screen becomes black but in 2 seconds the desktop comes out again). Is it an OS-related problem, or is it due to the 3D board (nVidia Geforce2 mx/mx400) ?