Serial_Insanity wrote:
> When I try to play my Sims Mega Deluxe, it acts as if it is loading then it
> takes me right back to my desktop, no error message or anything. I have
> looked at a few things and the game requires CPU Spedd 366 Mhz, but it says
> my computer is at -1323 MHz. I don't understand what that means or how to
> change it. This is a fairly new computer, with plenty of memory and dual
> processors. And I have played this very same game on it before. I'm pretty
> sure all my drivers are up to date.

Link to Sims BBS on Maxis's web site:
http://thesims.ea.com/us/index.html?...tent=/us/chat/

Someone there might be able to help.

Also you might find a clue by:

Note the time when that application shuts down.

In Control Panel open Administrative Tools then Event Viewer.

Click the System icon in the Event Viewer's left pane.

Look for an item in Event Viewer's right pane corresponding to time when
the application shut down. If you find one, right click the listing and
click Properties on the context menu. the new pop-up may describe what
happened and provide a link to further information.

While the latest drivers are usually best, on rare occasions a slightly
older one works better. Sometimes analyzing what applications have been
installed or updated since the last time an application worked reveals a
clue.

Sometimes you need to post SPECIFIC hardware and driver information so
others with similar components can compare their configuration to yours.
This information can be copied to your posting from the log file
generated by the DirectX diagnostic. After selecting "Run" from the
start menu type "dxdiag" in the pop-up. run the sound and video
accelerator tests before clicking the "Save Infomation" button to
generate the log file. Use the Windows clipboard to copy and paste the
information from the log file to the posting.