if a patch is all i need to fix my problem, then... SIGN!!!!!!!! it's ridiculous how many of us are having problems. The release date was pushed back as it was, they should of made sure there weren’t any problems!
yes to the sound question and no, when i press 'Alt+Tab', i've also tried 'Alt+Ctrl+Delete' but no i can't seem to get back to my desktop screen, my only option is to resart my whole computer and my computer is windows xp.
oh and i also meet all of the requirments. i'd also cleared everythting that i don't need anymore on my computer to make more space because i thought maybe that was the reason but obviously didn't help. i never have had this happen before with the sims 2 and i had all of the expansion packs installed aswell. and my…