hi-
i am not the computer-literate person in the house- my husband is- so please excuse the "sloppiness" of this post. just wanted to get the word out! i have the sims & sims livin large, which i played w/ windows 95 for a few yrs. then myu hub got me a new computer w/ windows xp- & the sims worked, but not the livin large- the window comes up after installation, but no new neighborhoods or objects. we tried turning off spyware, virus protect, closing all non-essential apps, downloading the maxis patch & the eraser- we installed & reinstalled maybe 7 times? we also updated all drivers, etc & cleaned the disk. i gave up & decided i'd just play the sims, when we bought "makin' magic" & during installation, it asked for the livn large cd & to install "hotfix 328310 329623" from the microsoft website & lo and behold, now i have makin magic & my livin large back!!! i checked every yahoo & google search for 4 days to find a solution & i found none 'til i installed the new game & the hotfix. i don't know if it will work for everyone, but if anyone cares......
melissa77006
