Im having problems with my game and would appreciate any help, when I come to load my game its taking 2-3 hours to load (and I used to moan when it took 12 minutes) anyways I deleted over 100 items and deleted all temp folders (advice given by angie) but its just not getting any better. PLEASE PLEASE SOMEONE HELP ME!

Broomie, did you tried this tool?
http://www.modthesims.info/download.php?t=387006
This show (and delete if you want) all your problematic files...

Thank you Julianna I really appreciate your help I will go download this and see what happens.

How are things now Broomie, after running the Dashboard tool ??

Im trying it out now, Im timing how long it takes to load the game and if its the same then I think that Im going to have to delete all the games and uninstall everything and reinstall it all again.
How are you today?

Hmm... about the uninstall & reinstall... :'(

Me ?? Hmm... not that good, I had an argument with my boss and left all stressed out !!
I'm not going to work this week and on Friday I'm gonna see the doctor, to discuss things with him...

Aww hun take care of yourself, I know this easy for me to say but these hard times will pass and with help and support from your friends you will get through this and Im here if you need to talk.
Much needed huggles and cuggles for you

Thankies Broomie !!

Your very welcome Eva,

You're an my dear !!

you two have got me all squiffy eyed now.......you are both very lovely people and i am so happy to have came across this wonderful sight filled with such wonderful people....now i need a tissue ...sniff..snif....

This is for all my friends on CStyles.


These are for you Angie my DPF

How's your game Broomie ??

Im still re-installing the base game, its taking forever. lol

Hmmm....

thankies for the hankies broomie my dpl forever.........

Eva do you think maybe a disc defrag is needed?? to free up space on the hard drive??....is that what its called......

Your welcome hun.

Yeah that's what it's called ! ;)
Maybe a good idea, but when you install the base game it will always take loads of (or too much) time !!
I know cause I've done that like a zillion times, thanks to EA !
You can always run a defrag after installing the base game.

AHT moment what is a defrag?

ooohhh errrmmm....EVA.....your needed ...erm ...aht meeting in progress..need ....to think..oooh look broomie a little shiny star.....

This is a tool to sort and clean up your hard drive in your laptop
You can find it in Windows under: All Programs, Accessories, System Tools and the program is called "Disk Defragmenter".
If your hard drive is very "fragmented" it may run for a couple of hours before it has sorted and cleaned up your hard drive. Maybe you can run it when you go to sleep, or when you're not working on your laptop.

Oh right its not as scary as I thought, lol thanks eva for the help.

You're welcome my dear !

Eva to the rescue....yay .....oooh my brain thought it might have to dust off the cobwebs then....hehehe.....

lol I think my brain should be in a box marked dangerous do not open! lol

mine rattles when i shake my head......lol......

^

Lol!!! I think the defrag is an awesome idea and you can also set your comp up to do this on a regular basis too. That's how I have mine set up because I always would forget to do it on a regular.

I sent you some advice on another thread about deleting some of your saves.


*I'm going to move this to tech support ok

Ok thank you so much for the help and advice.

Hey Broomie... tell us when you finish

(I took the matter by half) :O

hiya broomie. i recamend you do this.

it's to find out you Basecore. ie what memory you have.

got to start menu. type in Windows Experience Index. you will see Check Windows Experience Index click on that. in the next window bottom right you will see Re-run the assessment. click on that and run it. after it has finished. you will get a Basecore. on the right in a small square.

you should see this



you need at lest 3.0 or more to run the sims3.



my basecore is 4.0

my processor is 7.0

my memory( ram ) is 7.1

my graphics is 4.0

gaming graphics is 5.4

primary hard disk is 5'9

Aww thanks Brian, everyone has been so helpful to me and I am so very grateful, I will write this down and keep it for future reference. Once again thank you so much Brian.

brooommmiiieeeee.....hows the lappie this morning hun?.......

ok broomie i have just found this on the web and it may help you with your problem hun.....check it out and see what it says and in the post it mentions spy bot ...i have used this before and it is very good at picking up hidden problems hun i will see if i can find the link but first have a read of this

http://pdatoday.blogspot.com/2005/04/5-easy-ways-to-speed-up-your-laptop.html

http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html

link for spybot it says you can donate if you wish but it is free otherwise...so you dont have to donate hun.......

i would read everything first before installing hope this helps

Okie dokey hun I have read everything and downloaded the spybot thingy. Thankies for all the help and info you have given to me, and thank you to everyone who has helped me out. Broomie really appreciates it.

you most welcome hun....i would be lost without my dpf......hope this helps hun, and you should know that if one of us has a problem then ALL of us try and help sort it out......

I would be lost without my dpf (I need you to look out for the downloading Feds)

...oki doki...i iz watching for the feds.....