Am I the only one having issues getting the original Sims working on Windows 10?
The game installs fine, but whenever I try to start it up I get an error message that says "Access Denied: Please login with administrator permissions and try again". The obvious solution of right clicking the game's icon and selecting "Run as administrator" gets rid of the error message, but then the game just doesn't start up at all.
I've also tried running it in compatibility mode multiple times and that didn't help. I'm also having this issue with another old game made around the same time, so I'm wondering if it's related.
Any thoughts on what I can do to fix this?
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More Information can be found about it here:
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/games_windows_10/secdrvsys-not-loading-in-windows-10-this-will/65a6fe83-08df-4760-b2ad-6b1ce61d40d4?auth=1
The only solution seems to be either finding a digital copy (not possible with Sims) or modding the game to not use the disc. Currently looking for a mod to do this from a trustworthy website...
Same here...hopefully Microsoft will have a fix for this soon
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0ByvqSle1TbhCSGJETG1Ha3lEUUE/view?usp=sharing
I have uploaded it to Google Drive, as the website I found it on was a bit sketchy. I scanned it with my anitvirus and it came up normal... Google Drive also scans anything you upload with it's antivirus, but regardless use at your own risk. Please note that this is not a link to a pirated version of the game, just a fixed Sims.exe that will allow the game to launch on Windows 10. I own the game and installed it on my computer via the installation disks. Obviously you will have to own the game too for this to work.
Instructions on getting it working:
1.) Make sure you already have the game installed on your computer.
2.) Go to :C > Program Files (x86) > Maxis > Sims. Rename the Sims.exe to sims.old. Make sure you keep this file in case the new one doesn't work.
3.) Download the file and move the new Sims.exe to the same folder (:C > Program Files (x86) > Maxis > Sims).
4.) Launch, run the game in compatibility mode if necessary.
5.) If it works, enjoy. If not, remove the new Sims.exe and change the old one to it's original name.
Good luck.
Hopefully this helps anyone who's spent hours searching the internet trying to find a solution to this issue.
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S4 simblr: http://simlogic.tumblr.com/
Edit:Fixed, for anyone else interested, just add -r1024x768 to the target link on the properties tab :)
Your Simmy friend,
Winterloc
In my second game install I tried this fix but it did not work. That is where I have my newer install. I have all the mods installed there and that was the game I was really playing. I do not know how I actually did that a while back but I never could get the older game to play. Now I am playing the older game and it works fine. I would like to do this fix to the other game.
I hope I have made sense here. I am going to give this ago again today. I just downloaded the fix again.
Thank you so much PlumbBob_Theif. Without this fix I would not be playing any sims games. At present I can only play sims 1
Your simmy friend,
Winterloc
This is what happened in my game as well.
> I got it running, but then I was stuck. First, it was generating old town, then celebrity sims, then those fans, and then magic town, and all over again. Those never ended. I went back to Windows 7, and that problem was gone.
I had the same problem. Running it as administrator cleared this one up for me.
> Hi! This works perfectly but seems to be 800x600, is there any way you can get it to run 1024x768 instead? (I play on windowed mode.)
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What does this mean?
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> If you right-click on The Sims 1 shortcut and choose "properties", a menu will popup and there will be a textbox labeled "Target." If you add -r1024x768 to the end of the textbox, your game will run at a higher resolution.
Thank you so much for this fix! I got the 800 to work, but not the 1024. I currently have windows 10, but I don't have a shortcut tab in my properties menu. Does anyone know of a workaround?
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> If you right-click on The Sims 1 shortcut and choose "properties", a menu will popup and there will be a textbox labeled "Target." If you add -r1024x768 to the end of the textbox, your game will run at a higher resolution.
Thank you so much for this fix! I got the 800 to work, but not the 1024. I currently have windows 10, but I don't have a shortcut tab in my properties menu. Does anyone know of a workaround? [/quote]
I had this problem too. It's because we tried to open the properties of the actual application. Create a shortcut first on your desktop and you'll get that shortcut tab when you try from there!
forums.thesims.com/en_US/discussion/808186/the-marcano-family-ts3
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http://answers.ea.com/t5/Other-The-Sims-Games/The-sims-1-on-Windows-10-please-sticky-this/m-p/5024650#M398
BTW, anyone who knows me on here, i apologize for the long absence. Many bad things and depression in real life has hit me. I don't wish to upset people, but i have now little time to play games, so i try my best to do it when i can. Thanks for understanding.