Game freezes at 5:59pm
veilchen:
I have to look into that ZZ. Surely you can never have too much memory. My computer came with McAffee already build in, and boy is it a hogger. It takes a very long time for it to scan my files, and in all the time I've had it, it found one trojan. I'm grateful it did mind you, but if I found security software that works and is smaller I'd sure go for it. I don't know if I could uninstall the pre-installed software though. It came with a pre-installed Quick-Book version, and I can't get rid of it.
Clem, you aren't shooting anyone down, the more suggestions the better. What I know about computers can comfortably fit on the back of a matchbook cover, so I'm certainly always eager to learn. So keep on suggesting, it's called bouncing ideas around; it's actually a good thing :D
ZephyrZodiac:
I prefer McAfee to Norton, but all Anti-Virus programs seem to hog memory, but even McAfee looks miserly when compared to Microsoft Antispy! And since I'm on Freeserve, I get a fair amount of protection built into that anyway. Also, if I go to a new site and find it loaded with dodgy pop-ups and stuff, I tend to steer clear in future. Maybe I miss some good downloads, but I've got more than I need already!
J. M. Pescado:
If the game is locking up at 17:59, check to see if debug mode exhibits a repeating error, probably in an object's main or init routines. If it does, send me the log.
Bane~Child:
Quote from: Kukes on 2005 August 16, 06:39:26
Kukes,
This is also the time that all the lot lights come on before it gets dark. Do you have lighting in or around your house, including pool lights that could be contributing to this, in conjunction with your game performance settings? You could try different combinations of settings and lights and see if this helps.
You're lucky, if this was the official site, the EA techs would be telling you to do a manual uninstall and then reinstall the game without hacks or mods and only after updating your video drivers. ~wink~
witch:
There is a programme you can run named winxp lite. I used win98 lite for years, it cut IE out of the core operating system. (IE was only added in to the OS core because MS wanted to dominate the Internet when Netscape was a threat.) I assume winxp lite works pretty much the same. I'll have a hunt for some links later at home. That might be worth a go. It makes a stripped down OS.
I have 1Gb RAM but still like turning winxp services off before playing games, I just like a faster response. Some services you can turn off permanently. My next project is to make a batch file sort of thing, to turn off all the services I don't want in one hit. Have to get the b/f to show me how but am willing to share this knowledge once acquired, if anyone is interested. ;)
Norton Antivirus 2005 & Norton Internet Security & MS Spyware are all system resource hogs and don't play well with other programmes in the playground. Particularly Norton. I have been using AVG free antivirus tool for months and am very satisfied. No Norton, no more.
I know the sims 2 hates being fragmented on the hard drive, sometimes just a good defrag will help. Have you got much room left on your hard drive? Over a certain percentage full and you'll get 'thrashing' as the windows swop file tries to move data around and put it on the hard drive temporarily.
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