Great tutorial, The only problem is you said that Intel Graphics don't really work with older games, But the problem is 3 quarters of the laptops/notebooks have Intel Graphics and that's because there intergrated, Funny thing is i have a Acer Aspire One Happy 2 which runs Sims 2 without a problem, No glitches or anything accept it's a bit slow because it's an old model, But yet my Asus one (Which is in Scotland for repairs atm -_-) Which is Windows 8, Even though it has Intel Graphics (Same as my Acer one) It's got glitches all over it, Like people's heads missing, Weird or choppy people, So i googled it and it says not to run The Sims 2 on intergrated graphics cards yet i could play it on my Acer one which was intergrated, Without a problem, Laptops are very complicated these days without a doubt and i get frustrated because after all the money EA has, They wont bring a patch out to patch the problems that people have playing the game, Laptops or Desktops or not, But after all, On the disk case for The Sims 2 it says "Laptop friendly" but we can't even play it, What a joke, Thanks a lot though, I will use this Tut when my Windows 8 (Better Laptop) gets back, Also when you ran The Sims 2 did you get glitches with some sims like there heads or bodies or objects, Let me know? =)

My Asus computer was Intel HD Intergrated, But in the end i got so fed up with Windows 8 i wiped my pc and put Windows 7 on it, It all installed fine and i played it for days but you get loads of glitches with sims heads and stuff so you have to use the cheat Vsync off, But the problem is and i don't know if it's just with intel graphics but if you use The Sims 2 too long with these sorts of glitches then you could damage the graphics card, Just thought i'd let you know in case you are in this situation :/

I have intel graphics and windows 8.1 :x I haven't been able to get sims 2 to work past CAS.

Just a note, i have the ultimate collection through origin. Is there anyone that can tell me how to get it to work? Please help I wanna play it

@trish2013
You may need to turn off write protection on the UC folder in the programs and in my doc. section.

It could also be your virus protection program that is stopping you also, make sure you are off the internet and then turn off you virus protection and try to play.
Just make sure you turn it on again before you go online.




Get the Clean Installer and set the path to UC and it will install them for you.

Don't worry Trish, Just because you have an Intel HD Graphics doesn't mean it wont work, I have the same as you and my Sims work fine, It's the actual windows causing the trouble, When installing the sims try and run it as Adminstrator or run it in compatibility mode, I sure hope we can bully EA enough to make a patch to fix it haha

how do you turn off write protection? Also, how do you change where it installs when origin installs it for you? :x

Ok you go into Programs then Origin Games and then right click on the UC folder and at the bottom it should say "Properties" and click on it and at the mid bottom you will see "Read-only (Only applies to files in folder) and uncheck it and then click apply and then ok and your done and you will need to do it in My Doc for UC also.

Changing the path of Clean Installer is what you want to do and not the path of Origin. http://www.modthesims.info/download...=1&goto=newpost

i don't think i need that do i?

and OMG!!! thank you!! marka for your help!! i managed to actually get through CAS to play you are a genius!!

oke, now having another problem with this >.<

the files keep reverting back to read-only. is there any way to fix this?

You may need to turn off user control and then uncheck read only in both programs and my doc with doing the one in programs first.

Nope, I installed the base game then went into my external hard drive and copied across the TSData and TSBin files from a copy of my game files. Then when I clicked on the 'TS2UPD' file in TSbin it allowed me to install the EPs.

i feel like such a noob to computers >.< how do you turn off user control?

I was looking through my folders and I think I may be onto something. Where should the ultimate collection be at? I actually have it in 3 different areas. My documents folder, programs, and programs (x86). I think the 2 different folders in the 2 programs folders are causing it to crash. Does anyone agree with me?

It should only be in both the Programs (x86) and My Doc so if you also have it in Programs then something is wrong.

@trish2013 User Account Control is in the control panel under User and the User your are using.

[QUOTE=marka93]It should only be in both the Programs (x86) and My Doc so if you also have it in Programs then something is wrong.

@trish2013 User Account Control is in the control panel under User and the User your are using.[/QUOTE

i deleted the one in programs and kept the one in programs (x86), also turned off user control and tried it that way but i am still crashing it seems :X

my game shuts down the pc like 30 mins in... and it worked fine when i had win7 on the same machine(i reinstalled it a few weeks ago to win8)... so it's not hardware problem... if anyone has any idea what could i do to fix this, i'll be thankful...

i am with you on that ilijamaslovar.

did you try the suggestions from marka93 out of curiousity?

call me stupid but I don't understand any of this...

I tried to get the patches as mention in the first post of this thread, but they seem to be missing and it takes me to wiki, with no further patches.
I have an ASUS Intel Core i3 with the dreaded windows 8/ I installed the base game, but didn't play it, as far as I know, everything went well.
Apart from the fact that the game doesn't Auto play to install it, I had to go into the autoplay file. After Installing University I am presented with a compatibility issue although I tried running in XP 2. This is insane. I have been playing this game ever since it came out , I refuse to adapt to the sims 3. Never! Is there anyone in the London area who can help me out? Thanks guys.

Well, I tried the Leefish graphics fix; my UC won't launch at all now, "no compatible direct X 9 system etc." and program will terminate. And now I can't launch Origin at all (though that latter has been true for several days). What fun this is! Not.

i agree its not fun, i wish they gave away a sims that was capable of working, like sims 3. at least their sims 3 works >.<

I see, so basically what do you guys think, is it the graphics card of intel? Some people on the thread who are using specific graphic cards have it working fine on Windows 8. If so, which Graphics card have they got? Will it be cheaper to get that graphics card than downgrade to windows 7? I wonder if you can change the graphics card for a laptop....

Hey guys I think I found a breakthrough. I read a comment on another site where the person said, he had windows 8 and it didn't work, but when he upgraded to Windows 8 Pro, it worked fine. Bizarre, but maybe any one care to try?

many thanks for this my daughter has been trying to get it to work for ages on her windows 8 lap top, i had to run it as windows xp service pack 3 though as there is no option for service pack 2, it seems to be working ok

i have windows 8.1 pro and it is still not working i don't understand how can sims 1 work but sims 2 not work!!