janfebmar

disabling "some" features is the smallest word for it.. i dont use Iexplorer at all.. but i have to use it to update windows, ive turned automatic updates off because its a needless needle in the arse. so then.. i cant use mozilla.. which is kinda strange because i have active-x setup and working.. :S yours sincerly ES

thats funny..i had the same problem.. i have SP2 installed, but i ran DXdiag to check if i had directx9c, but the shit was it said B. so i dowloaded directx from the MS site. first i downloaded the websetup, then when i ran it it finished without even streaming files or anything.. WHAT THE????? i thought.. then i though, damn MS. cant do anything right. so i went to the MS site to download The redist. version of DX9c. after iu downloaded the 33.4MB i tried to install it, but it did the same thing. just finished the installation without installing anything. but the real funny thing is that, when i now run dxdiag it says i have DX9c.. and to a note.. the sims 2 worked before and after here... Yours sincerly. ES

why dont you buy a ATi Radoen 9800 Pro or XT card? (i got one on my third client-pc) they are really cheap now, and it runs very well.. i can run the game on 1024x768 with high detail setting.. for everyone who knows alot about graphics cards they already thinks "yeah, but ATi cards are lousy at running OpenGL games (like only doom3 engine runs at now), and i have to agree that its true, but the 9800 is better than any last generation Nvidia graphics cards, so i wouldnt want to buy that one.. and not everybody can afford a X800 platinum or the 6800 utlra.. so for the middlecard, i would choose the 9800 pro or xt.

you want to do what? turn off the 3-d engine so it will be more like the sims (the original)? im sure this is very impossible to do.. butt im going to take a closer look..

buy Warhammer 40k Dawn of war instead.. kickass game.. i even got it to work on win2k3 server