TS2 vs. Vista

I installed The Sims 2 (base game only) on my new laptop (spec allegedly ok to run it all) running Vista Home Premium. The game starts up (in fact it loads really quickly) but freezes at random. When I click on a new lot to build I can build for so long and then it freezes. I've tried running it in different compatibility modes and as an administrator. I keep my settings really low, too. Has anyone else had this problem, and if so, what have they done about it?

EDIT: This sucks. It doesn't work with Life Stories either. Laptop friendly? What a big pile of . None of it works. Damn them. Damn them all. *Damns Micro$oft and Maxi$ for not checking compatibility even on new products*

SO, a fun evening of uninstalling ahead, then.

EDIT: DAG NABBIT!!!! Life Stories doesn't work properly either! Yet ironically, The Sims 1 works perfectly well.

i know how your feeling i to have now steeped over to vista.
this world is a scary place i dont even know how to run at aero effect on the desktop, an trying to run somthing in the right mode is a pain.

is there a patch on sims2 stoires website ?

i am not sure how well sims22 will run for me but after i type this up i shall find out for you .

Just tried it out, it seems to be working, but the in game Tvs just show a blank screen.

I've heard of that before. I think there's a patch for it at the TS2 site, but don't quote me on it.

I think I just need stacks more memory in my laptop to run TS2 and I discovered that Life Stories needs a 1.8GHz processor to work with Vista, even with all settings turned right down.

i tried the first patch (only got base game instaled right now) didnt work.
the game runs great other than that, but still it feels odd lookin at a blank tv

I just started playing TS2 on a new computer with Windows Vista. So far, (knocking on wood), I haven't had any problems with the game. I haven't been able to get Q-express to work on my laptop, though.

boobooc wrote:I just started playing TS2 on a new computer with Windows Vista. So far, (knocking on wood), I haven't had any problems with the game. I haven't been able to get Q-express to work on my laptop, though.

From what I've read at MTS2, neither can anyone else.