I JUST got the Sims 2 like 3 minutes ago. I got as far as to when it asks you for a code. WHAT CODE!!!! There's a white box but not in the LOWER left corner in the upper. So i used those and it said they wre invalid HELP ME PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I became a hero for my daughter who got Sims2 and could not install it. The message "A problem occurred when trying to transfer ..." was always displayed approximately 75% in the install. By coincidence when my daugter came for advice about 3rd time I had in my hand Netflix envelope saying something like "wash the DVD in a mild dish soap if it does not play properly". And I did it with the failing SIMS2 CD and IT WORKED!!!!

I have downloaded Sims 2 and I am currently using Daemon Tools as my virtual drive. The game ran smoothly. Recently I also downloaded The University expansion pack and it too installed fine and plays fine. I am, however, having a problem with my installation of the Nightlife expansion pack. When I mount the image of the 1st CD it always stalls at 57% with the file control1.dat Is there anyway around this? I do not own any of the real software so I am aware that could be my problem. I also read the previous posts in this thread. One solution someone said was to uninstall the virtual drive program (daemon tools), but I can't install my download of nightlife without it. Anyone have any ideas? Thank you~

I just downloaded sims 2 with no problem, but when I try to play it, an error pops up and says it failed to find any directx 9.0c compatible graphics adapters in this system. My Adapter is Intel(R) 828 10E Graphics Controller, manufactured by Intel Corporation with a chip type of Intel(R) 828 10, and the DAC Type is Internal. Do I need any other graphics adapter for this? Please help.

I got sims2 about 8 9 months ago I installd it on my pc N then i had My pc updated n it woz uninstalld So i put it on my mums N then i uninstalld it bcoz I wnted to start agen But wen i tryin uninstallin it it sed sumthink about Not haveing a file on my mums laptop wen it wuld get up to about 20% or sumthink so I tryd putin it back on my pc But it keeps saying setup.exehas encounterd a problem and needs to close we are sorry for the enconvenience ......N it keeps saying it N i dunno wot to doo I really wonna play on it Mehh Will some one Help me plzz
Can you e-mail me if you can help me my e-mail addy is Hyper_gabz@hotmail.com I will b verry thankfull xxx

i have had the sims 2 installed on my computer before but my little sister deleted it. Now whenever i try to install it again it comes up as a non responsive program. I just wondered if anyone could possibly help me thanks charlie xx

Well my problem is that when gets to 10% of installing say that have a problem with the folder 'TsData/Res/Sims3D/Sims13.package' well first i install it few months ago and was install correctly...but then have a problem with the directx 9.0c....so I unistall the sims2....and now that im installing it again say that...please someone help me...i have been withouth playing it almost a month.....

I had the same problem. Plenty of threads on this one with no solutions.

It's possible that it's a disk issues, but in my case it wasn't. I was able to successfully install the game on one computer but couldn't on another. One was running Windows XP, the other Windows XP 64.

Tried imaging with DAEMON Tools and Alcohol 120, but no luck. Then someone suggested unpacking the compressed.zip files on each of the cd's and repacking them into a single compressed.zip file.

I was getting CRC errors when I tried uncompressing the files under WinXP64, so I tried with a 64-bit archiver (Power Archiver), but no luck. So I decided to unpack the files on my other computer where the game installed fine and then repackage them on my XP64 machine, and to my surprise everything worked.

Not sure whether the problem was due to copy protection, Windows XP64, EM64T/DualCore, or SATA-II drive, but those are essentially the only differences between my two machine configurations.

Here's what I do know though... in my case:

1) It was not the CD's. The same CD's worked fine in my other machine.

and

2) It was not my DVD drive. I used the same exact DVD drive in my other machine.

I'm curious now, how many other people who are having this problem are using XP-64 or SATA-II drives?

The reason I'm asking is because I've encounted similar problems installing other games (Tomb Raider Legend, and Half-Life 2) on this machine. It wouldn't surprise me if these were XP-64 or SATA-II issues, but this has been a pretty reliable machine apart from the few issues I've had with these games.

either i think that is a problem with the cd...(game)

I installed Sims 2 before Christmas. I played it and everything was peachy. I haven't had time to play again until recently. Now it doesn't work. I still have the same pc but get that darned direct X error and the game won't open. I uninstalled, reinstalled, etc. with no success. I have my summer off from work and would love to play it again. Can anyone help me? I obviously have all the requirements or it wouldn't have played in the first place.
TIA!

I install the game and evrything is ok..then when the loading screen comes up it stops and a message comes up saying there is a windows error and some interior problem i dono what to do can someone tell me how to fix it.

I am having some very similar problems with my Sims 2 download. As soon as I reach 73% this pops up:
A problem occured when trying to transfer the file 'D:\TSData\Res\Sound\Voice2.package' from the media.
Do you want to retry to copy the file, or cancel the installation?

I have tried retrying over and over but it doesn't help. I am only an amateur computer person so [COLOR="Magenta"]PLEASE HELP[/COLOR]!

i stayed up ALL night to try to fix this stupid problem. anyone have the problem with the directX 9.0c thing? yeah well I did. i already spent $5 on crap, and it didn't even work. i installed directX 9.0c from a website and i installed nvidia geforce2 mx 8.1.9.8.

i have a windows xp


WHAT DO I DO?!?!?!?!??!?!

Sims 2 is weird i finally got it to work cause i cleaned up my comp ( wipe out evreything) sims 2 was the first i installd it worked but many many problems happend. so i just didnt play it and uninstalled it.

Trying to install Sims 2, i succesfully installed disk 1 and at 23% i was asked to put in disk 2. I did so, clicked ok, but nothing hapend... drive flashed a few times but the install hangs Tried tooth paste (which worked well with disk 1) but disk 2 still doesn't read. Ideas? Thanks

hey someone please help, ok i try to install the sims2 nightlife on my comp it goes all fine and dandy until it gets to 25%(sometimes 26) then it comes up with

when it's actually installing the game it gets to around 32% and gives me this error

"A problem occurred when trying to transfer TSData\Res\Sound\Voice1.package Do you want to retry top copy the file or cancel the installation?

i've tried so manytimes and it still wont work. i've cleaned the CD don't work. then the dvd drive goes spaz could that be the problem...??? i don't know but it work on two other computers fine. can anyone help please.....

jesus christ!!!! i have the same problem i cant resolve it for months!!! i think that the best thing to do right now is to change the game for a new one with the garanty is better...lol...have almost 6 months that i havents play it...im so mad pay almost 60 dollars for this game and it doesnt work!!!!!!!!!!!!!Its keep saying the same **** have a problem transfering the folder 'TsData/Res/Sims3D/Sims13.package' i retry it but nothing i erase all the folders of the sims 2 in the pc but nothing...please someone help me but say it in easy words please!!!lol

I'm trying to install Sims 2 and seem to be havaing similar problems to you lot. It keeps freezing anywhere between 19% and 26% and sometimes comes up with an error message like the ones above. I don't think I have any virtual files on my computer so I don't know what is wrong. Can anyone help?

Ok i have the sims 2 and i have previously installed it but i un installed it for other game space but now i want to install it agian so i was installing it to D:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 and it started to install with no problems then it came to 10% downloaded and it came up with this:
A problem occured when trying to transfer the file 'TSData\Res\Sims3D\Sims13.Package' then it comes up with retry or cancel and it dosent work if u press retry so im not sure what to do have any ideas what may be causing it?

thanks if you reply if you need any more
information just ask me.

My bf recently bought sims as a gift for me, this is our 3rd attempt after going and getting 3 seperate copies of sims 1 and 2 and still wont install

I get to the second disc of sims 2 about 42 percent of the way in and I get this error message

ts\data\res\sim3d\objects09.package cannot be installed from media

Do any of you good people out there lend me a hand please? As of course all EA has to say is mail us your copy along w/ $20 and we might send you a copy that works