"Unspecified Error" message in The Sims 2... Sombre.Angel 6/13/2007 10:32:03 AM Please help! I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium, The Sims 2 installed fine but when I try to open it it just says "unspecified error" I have an administrator account so thats not the problem...do I need to install that patch for it to run because I have super slow dial-up and it takes 3 hours and 14 minutes! But it cuts out at around 20% so I can't run the update. Seriously frustrated :)

Re: "Unspecified Error" message in The Sims 2... "Rick Rogers" <rick[ at ]mvps.org> 6/13/2007 10:55:37 AM Hi, What patch? If the software vendor states that you need it to run that game under Vista, then the obvious answer is "yes". Have you tried right clicking the startup icon for it and using 'run as administrator'? This adds an elevation of privileges that may be required (simply running as admin is not sufficient). -- Best of Luck, Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/ Windows help - www.rickrogers.org My thoughts http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com "Sombre.Angel" <Sombre.Angel[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:453C787E-2FA5-43C0-9473-80998C1560E8[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Please help! > I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium, The Sims 2 installed fine but when > I > try to open it it just says "unspecified error" > > I have an administrator account so thats not the problem...do I need to > install that patch for it to run because I have super slow dial-up and it > takes 3 hours and 14 minutes! But it cuts out at around 20% so I can't run > the update. > > Seriously frustrated :)