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I am running the sims house party.. but i have no sound! it seems like i had sound the first time i played, but now it doesent work anymore after the first time!!! i installed latest soundcard drivers and reinstalled the sims, and i dont know what the problem is, is anyone else having this problem? thanks! Aureal Vortex2 Windows 2000 Pro SP1 DirectX 8.0a

a reinstall of all of all of the sims seems to have fixed the problem... thanks for the help guys.