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Offline snapple

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PC Help!
« on: April 07, 2013, 09:36:37 AM »
Hey, I'm getting fucking pissed. I bought the Sims 3 for my wife and I can't get the bastard to work. This is what happens when I load it from the launcher in Origin.




And this is what happens when I bypass the launcher and just try running the .exe (which seems to work for others).




I have no idea how to fucking fix this and I am at a complete loss. I don't know if doing a Windows7 install (currently Vista, yeah I know) would fix anything. But that's about the only option I haven't tried.
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Re: PC Help!
« Reply #1 on: April 07, 2013, 09:43:24 AM »
Looks like a DirectX issue. have you tried downloading DirectX and installing it? I don't know if you just need the latest version, or the specific version, as I don't play games.
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Re: PC Help!
« Reply #2 on: April 07, 2013, 09:44:35 AM »
Quote from: BlobVanDam on April 07, 2013, 09:43:24 AM
Looks like a DirectX issue. have you tried downloading DirectX and installing it? I don't know if you just need the latest version, or the specific version, as I don't play games.

I've tried and it says I'm up to date.
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Re: PC Help!
« Reply #3 on: April 07, 2013, 12:38:40 PM »
You may have to run it in compatibility mode. I had a similar problem with this game years ago but I forgot what I did to fix it.
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Re: PC Help!
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2014, 05:58:33 AM »
Hijack this thread for a moment.

Have a tiny PC problem. Well not really a problem more like an annoyance. I formated my C: drive the other day. Haven't done it in a while and got a bit stuck on the partition part. Got a bit confused on how that works. After some googling and doodling I finally got it to work because for some reason I couldn't click next even though I had deleted and formated the paratition were my current OS was installed. So I rebooted and got back to the "where do you wanna install windows" and suddenly I could click next.

Everything works now and got the OS installed and everything but everytime I start my PC this screen comes up:



It's in viking language but it basically says:

Choose an OS and the options are:

1. Win 8.1 on partition 7

2. Win 8.1

I have not installed windows 2 times and I know I deleted the partition were my old OS was installed but for some reason it still ask my this question. The only thing I could think of is that I messed up the partions somehow or missed deleting some other partition of my old OS or something like that. As I said though it works fine when I click on the first option because I do know that I installed the new version on partition 7. I'm pretty average when it comes to PC knowledge so i'm sorry if it all sounds confusing.

Any suggestions?
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Re: PC Help!
« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2014, 08:55:23 AM »
Open msconfig and go to the boot tab and just delete the invalid option. Not at my desktop right now would've given you screenshots and more details.
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Re: PC Help!
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2014, 08:57:13 AM »
Awesome, will try that!

Edit: Worked like a charm.  :tup I figured it was an easy fix.
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Re: PC Help!
« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2014, 09:01:14 AM »
Quote from: snapple on April 07, 2013, 09:44:35 AM
Quote from: BlobVanDam on April 07, 2013, 09:43:24 AM
Looks like a DirectX issue. have you tried downloading DirectX and installing it? I don't know if you just need the latest version, or the specific version, as I don't play games.

I've tried and it says I'm up to date.
Your DirectX 10 and 11 are probably up to date. Make sure to update DirectX 9.
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=34429
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Re: PC Help!
« Reply #8 on: June 14, 2014, 10:25:24 AM »
You already know the answer.  Get rid of Vista
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Re: PC Help!
« Reply #9 on: June 15, 2014, 05:17:32 AM »
The OP of this post has been long-since solved.
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