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SIMS ambitions - crashing to desktop
05-07-2010, 02:04 PM
Post: #1
SIMS ambitions - crashing to desktop
Hi
I've fixed my daughters installation after two weeks.
I noticed that Ambitions is closed by Windows after it runs for 5 minutes.

I found a few non-working bodges here
- but only one, by 'TIM', that actually works.
The man's a fricking genius.
I quote Tim here as I've seen these cries for help in many, many forums.
Hope this helps you poor crashees too.


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I solved my crashing to the desktop and this is how I did it!

After much trial and error I found that Sims3 wasn't crashing to the desktop, Windows was CLOSING it. I installed a memory monitoring program and a mini DUMP viewer. Using these 2 programs I was able to find the problem. I had all the symptoms like slow saving game, Running slow and many more.

After viewing the Dump file I found I was getting a 0xC0000005 Access Violation error which suggest maybe bad memory. But my memory is good. Further research led me to DEP (Microsoft's Data execution prevention). DON'T TURN IT OFF! I did this and big mistake!!! Go into the setting and turn it on for all programs except the ones that you can add to the list and add TS3.EXE to it.

I have Windows XP SP2. Vista and Windows 7 may be slightly different.

To access this goto (Start - Settings - Control panel) and run System. Click on the Advance tab and click on the Settings button for Performance. Click the TAB for Data execution prevention and click the option to (Turn on DEP for all programs and services except those I selectSmile and add TS3.EXE to the list and ok it and reboot.

Hopefully this will fix your problem like it did for me.

Now my game is fast and stable.

You may have to add other programs to this list that you use also. Because this turns on DEP for ALL programs and not just for Windows.

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Cheers mate!

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05-07-2010, 02:09 PM
Post: #2
Re: SIMS ambitions - crashing to desktop
When this forum calls me a Noob
I chuck my dinner up

I used SIMCITY for DOS
and the very first SIMS

Noob my ass!
{cursing}
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