sims on win2k

I have win2k, and for some reason the sims wont work. Ive installed direct x, and it still doesnt. It tries to load, and then exits as soon as the program starts.

???

Sims has some issue with Windows 2000, especialy with living large.

Afraid it may not be compaitable..

XP is different...

agreed. win2k was not designed for games (even though most of them work)

winXP is "win2k home edition" - imho just as stable and easier to use and a good emulation for 8/16 bit software which had 2 updates already so it seems to be constantly under development.

there is no "winXP server version" - does anyone know why? is it only supposed to run on clients or is this another step (back or forward?) into peer to peer networking?

Ok, thanks every1
i guess ill give up trying to make it work

M.Hirsch,

Microsoft is going to release .Net Servers as the next version from Windows 2000, currently XP is for clientside only.

Windows XP Pro can also handle the games, as well.

Does anyone know why there's a bunch of replys to why the sims won't work but none to why a user with user rights can't get pictureviewer to work? Is it that difficult, or should it have been posted that flight sim won't display the right picutres?

Way back in the day, when I was a Network Administrator for a corporation, I had The Sims and The Sims Livin' Large installed on the Win2k Advanced Server. It ran. In fact, it ran damn well for a 500MHz AMD with alot of network strain. Now I go and buy The Sims Deluxe Edition, and install it on my Win2k Pro on my computer, and it does exactly what you say it does. I don't know why win2k advanced server, running on a MUCH slower machine (500MHz Vs. 1.3GHz) could run it fine when on a 1.3GHz computer with Win2k pro can't...