TS2 startup video freezes - Solved

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Breadpazoid:
Hi all,

Once Upon A Time I asked this question on the sims 2 EA forum and it disappeared into the mist, so...

Whenever I start up TS2 (I have Pets and Seasons, in that order - nothing else), I will get the 2-second EA logo, then it will go into the Sims 2 ad/startup video. You know, click on it, it stops and then you switch to the Sims 2 loading screen. Right? Wrong!

I click on it, it freezes. For 10-20 minutes before it decides to change to the loading screen. I let the video finish playing by itself, it still freezes. Reinstalls were no help. It did this before the expacks and it does it after. Right now I have a nocd patch and that didn't change it either.

Any suggestions?

Thanks in advance!

gynarchy:
Have you tried removing any CC you have to see if that speeds things up?

Breadpazoid:
I tried, but nothing. It was doing this before the custom content, too. :(

Assmitten:
Okay, this is a shot in the dark without knowing boodums about your system, but...you running Vista? Sometimes Vista throws the brakes on stuff I'm running because it may be OMG malware. Like, other MS software.  :D

You getting any little security popups or anything?

Breadpazoid:
Oh, I didn't even put my operating system...LOL. I'm running XP SP2. Not getting any popups, though I do tell my firewall not to let the sims connect to the internet. Could that have anything to do with it?

I've run all these programs on XP SP1 before, and had no problems (though it was a totally different computer - Intel based, the one I'm on is Athlon based, self built).

Could that do it?

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