We all have different Admin accounts to surf the net and save things that only we want to see and that's it. We play the Sims on Guest and always have. When I say our Sims can only meet on Guest that's exactly what I mean. I don't know any other way to put it. If we play on our different Admin accounts, and we did once when the base game first came out, we noticed that only the Sims we made where on it. Example if my sister made a Sim family on her Admin account they did not show up on mine or my other sister's, but when we make Sims on Guest we can see each other Sims and make our sims be friends with each other etc. I can't make it any clearer than that. Anyway that's not what I was asking. I just want to know why the no crack Is making my computer crash and how do I fix it.

My praise for No CD cracks has dwindled some. I installed Freetime on my Admin. account, used the no CD crack and played for a few minutes to see if anything was working right. It was so I went to bed and haven't  been on for two days, but my sisters have. On Guest it crashes right at the load screen when it says Breaking Down Restorable Cars. I have tried 5 times and it always crashes at that exact moment. I wouldn't really care it's just that my sisters and I saved games are on Guest. We don't play on Admin. because we want all our Sims to meet each other and they can't do that on our different Admin. accounts. Secondly they tell me that not only does it crash on Guest but also  on their Admin accounts as well. So I made a new account just for Sims play with administrator access but not password protected so we can start from scratch. It worked find on there until you try to create a sim. You can stay on the create a sim screen for a few minutes then after that the whole thing crashes and I mean severely. Computer completely shuts down and I have to reboot. What is going on and how can I fix this? Also my sister's, well there's no other way of putting this, bootleg PC version of Final Fantasy 7 is messed up as well.  It's just like the no crack CD. She doesn't have to use a disk. She downloaded it from some website is all I know and it was working perfectly until I installed the no crack for Freetime. It now loads really small and when she tries to play the whole computer shuts down. Needless to say she's not that happy with me at the moment.  I want to free up some disk space by defraging but I'm worried it'll mess up the no crack(seems like the crack is messed up anyway but still...)

Thank-you all so much!!   I know I was a pain with all my newb questions. It worked!! It loaded perfectly, without the Securom infested CD!! If I hear of anybody having problems with Securom I will definitely be recommending this site. SCREW YOU EA!!!!!!! I'll have to check and see if it works in Guest in the morning. Right now my bed is calling my name...


One more newbish question though. I know the booklet says close all background task using task manager, and anti virus/malware software( I have 3 running on my computer) but does that really matter?I feel my computer is nude with my protection being off, and I'm scared of deleting anything from task manager and then I'll have to constantly keep enabling everything every time I stop playing the Sims and disabling everything when I want to play. Seems tedious. However, even though my gaming computer can take all the expansions, since Bon voyage I have noticed a slowness in the loading screen and just now when I launched FreeTime it was like a minute slow and black screened for a few seconds before going to the neighborhood. So if disabling everything will make it run a bit faster,if not...

God, I'm so sleepy. Anyway, thanks. Was there anything  special that was supposed to happen when I dragged the crack in to the TS bin? Also there was already an icon on my desktop for Free Time. It now says C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 FreeTime\TSBin\Sims2EP7.exe. Is that where I load the game from to play, and can I play on guest like this since that's where I usually played the Sims from(I did all this crack stuff on administrator though.)?

I'm sorry, but I need complete layman's terms because I still don't quite understand.

Okay I right clicked the Freetime icon and went down to Properties. There's three tabs. General, Shortcut, and Compatibility. I clicked Shortcut. In that tab is
Target type: Application
Target Location: TS Bin
Target:C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 FreeTime\TSBin\Sims2Launcher.exe
Start In:C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 FreeTime
Shortcut Key : None
Run:Normal Window
Comment: Blank

Okay, Now clicking Find target with everything exactly like the above takes me to the TS Bin. In the Bin are 7 icons. The say GDF.ll, Sims2EP7, Sims 2 web,TS2UPD0,ijl15.dll, Sims 2 Launcher(I clicked this once and it took me to the Sims 2 website. It seems this icon makes it so you can play the game online but I don't want that.), and lastly TS2UPD. There are three boxes in this TSBin as well. They are called File and Folder Tasks, Other Places, and Details. Clicking a folder in the Other Places box called Sims 2 Freetime takes me to a place with 9 icons labeled. CS Bin, TS Bin( is now a folder icon) EA unistall,filelist Sims 2ep7unistall,Support,TS Data,EAunistall, Sims 2ep7.

Also for the crack itself I had to download something called a WinRar. After that I downloaded what I hope is the crack(vty0163.rar). Three things came from doing that. In this WinRar are the three things labled. ... and it has a folder icon by it. The second one is Sims 2 ep7.exe, and the third one says Vitality.nfo. I assume that the one labled Sims2ep7.exe is the crack correct? However if it is I do not know how to insert it in whatever it is suppose to go in(don't even know how to get to what it is supposed to go in as you can see from above). I am so sorry,but again thanks. Remember step by step Laymans terms.

I clicked a lot of things until I found it. It was under Properties, but I am still loss. Under Properties the link says "C:\Program Files\EA GAMES\The Sims 2 FreeTime\TSBin\Sims2Launcher.exe". I thought it was supposed to say Sims 2Ep7.exe. so I can change it to Sims 2Ep7.bak. and then install the crack. Also when I told the Properties bar to find target it took me to the TS bin,but I don't know which icon to drop the crack in.Also I took the disk out so I wouldn't accidentally launch it,but was I supposed to keep it in until  I installed the crack. I am so sorry for all these questions but being computer illiterate does that to a person,but thank-you.

Okay, I did it or tried to anyway. If Securom is not off my computer after me going through a bunch of computer lingo I didn't understand for 2 days. So be it.I'm sleepy and frustrated and simply don't care anymore.If there was a way for me to sue EA for putting this BS on my computer without my consent I would. In any case Freetime is installed.I did not launch it so Securom should not be on my computer anymore right?I have downloaded the crack. It's waiting to be put in the right folder, however, that's the problem I can't find the folder.I went to MY Documents and the only thing that is there is the original Sims 2 folder and neither one of the folders in  it say Sims 2 Freetime/Ts Bin. So I can't change anything nor can I stick the crack in. In the My Computer folder there was an icon with the Sims 2 Freetime on in the devices with removable storage area. I clicked on it but it sounded like it was about to launch so I hurried up and ejected the CD before anything came up.

Okay I did this(below) and it said scan complete 2 times and there was not anything there for me to delete so I guess I don't have Securom anymore. Just to be on the safe side I downloaded this as well. DelinvFile from http://www.purgeie.com/delinv/dldelinv.htm This was an alternate step. Not one file said Securom anything on it. So does this mean that this worked? http://thesims2.ea.com/help/detail.php?help_id=341. I didn't uninstall bonvoyage but I used the Securom utility to get all the registry  keys off and I did not play bonvoyage anymore after that because their tool said by relaunching it, it will put securom back on. So if EA's utility tool, worked and it seems like it has, can I go on ahead and install Free time and then put the crack in.


Download regdelnull.exe and place it in C:\
Go to "Run" and type in "cmd", then type the following:

cd C:\
regdelnull hkcu -s
regdelnull hku -s


 

LoL, That was mistake on my part.  I live in America and have the American version it 's just for some odd reason Funtime sounds better than Freetime to me and that's what I keep accidentally calling it. Anyway, so basically I uninstall all the packs first ,then do all the Securom removal stuff that's on the first page, then reinstall all the packs, then install Freetime but when it asks what folder to put it in doing installation I go to the CD crack website and follow the instructions from there. Am I right so far?

 EDit: Okay I went to gamecopyworld and I swear it's like I'm looking at a foreign language. Does it
matter which mirror(whatever that's supposed to mean) I go in? It's seven of them and  I went in the first one. Then In the search bar I put Sims 2 Freetime. It then gave me this list below. Which one do I choose? And what in the world is a game trainer and unlockers and should I even worry about that? Also, The instructions say first install the whole game. Um, but if I do that wouldn't Securom just install as well and I thought the whole purpose of doing this was so securom wouldn't install with the game? Also if  I decide not to uninstall any of my expansions that includes infected with securom bonvoyage would the cd crack for freetime overwrite the problems with bon voyage or do I just go on ahead and do a complete uninstall and if I do that and reinstall bon voyage do I use the cd crack for freetime since I'm installing that right after or do I use a a cd crack for bon voyage and a cd crack for free time? Also can I skip the step for the fun time crack about the official patch(the first one) I've never did patches for any of my games because I've never had a reason to and I doubt the first freetime patch is still available since EA has come out with the second one.

Game Fixes:

    * The Sims 2: Freetime v1.13.0.161 [MULTI16] No-DVD/Fixed EXE
    * The Sims 2: Freetime v1.1 [MULTI16] No-DVD/Fixed EXE
    * The Sims 2: Freetime [MULTI3] No-DVD/Fixed Image
    * The Sims 2: Freetime v1.0 [MULTI16] No-DVD/Fixed EXE

Game Trainers & Unlockers:

    * The Sims 2: Freetime v1.0 +3 TRAINER
list

Thank-god I was linked to this site. I have The Sims 2, Uni, Nightlife, OFB, Pets,Seasons, and the nightmare BonVoyage and NO stuff packs. Everything was working perfectly until I installed Bon Voyage then mysteriously my CD drives and Bonvoyage completely stopped working.I went to the net and found out about this Securom abomination. Damn EA. I used their Securom removal tool off their website and I think it was deleted(my drives starting working again so I guess it was), but if I installed BonVoyage again it would just come back so for the past 7 months I have not being playing the Sims at all. However, my sisters and I leave for college in August and we have been getting nostalgic about playing the Sims again before we leave so against my better judgment(I know the Securom b.s.is on it) I went and brought Fun-time two days ago. I have not installed it yet.I am uninstalling all my packs.I want to start fresh.BonVoyage will not be installed  back on my computer even if Securom gets permately deleted off. It was a boring waste of a pack anyway. Pets, even though it was Securom free, will not be installed back either it was another waste. I'm not computer savvy so bear with me.

What is a no crack CD, and if it will permately not allow Securom on my computer where can I get it. Is it something to download or do have to buy it? There's so many instructions on how to remove Securom permately on the first page it made my head spin. So which one should I go with ? Do I install all the packs that don't have Securom on them first, then when I get ready to install Funtime, do I download this CD crack thing first and then install Funtime or vice versa? Will this CD crack recognize all the other packs? Should I make sure Securom is permately off my computer before I start reinstalling any of my packs? I have McAfee Internet Security Suite 2007,  Avast anti virus 4.8. and Rogue Malware Removal tool all running on my computer.Is this going to be a problem? I think this happened when I sent my computer in to get a new hard drive but for some reason when it came back a message popped up saying one of my  Nvidia SLI graphic cards has been removed. I've always had two graphics cards when playing the Sims now that I only have one  for some mysterious reason how will this effect game play since the Sims 2 and its expansions have always seemed to need the best of the best or near it to run properly?Thank-you.