Coldgunner Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Unlikely, but is your laptop trying to draw too much power? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boogerjones Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Theres always one that says something stupid like this, he would still have the same issues if he bought the game or not, its not crashing because he may or may not be a pirate. If you have nothing worthwhile to add dont post.It's definitely relevant since the cracked .exe is several megabytes larger than the native one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun N. Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 -_- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minifig Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Why is this thread even still open? We don't have significant proof his " copy " is legit, and we're all essentially condoning and encouraging piracy.. something I thought Neowin didn't allow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hammond Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Im bored of the holier than thou attitude a lot of people have on this forum, no one is condoning piracy his issue was with his laptop running Windows 7 shutting down after a few minutes, he isnt asking for help with how to crack Sims people need to lighten up, there is no proof either way wether his copy is legit or not and unless you work for an anti-piracy agency butt out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbo Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Im bored of the holier than thou attitude a lot of people have on this forum, no one is condoning piracy his issue was with his laptop running Windows 7 shutting down after a few minutes, he isnt asking for help with how to crack Sims people need to lighten up, there is no proof either way wether his copy is legit or not and unless you work for an anti-piracy agency butt out. At least if the game was released... c'mon, some guy in HK, trying to run the unreleased Sims 3 on his leaked build 7127 of Windows 7... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Hammond Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 What do you care? Does it affect you personally that he pirated the game? Are you telling me youve never used anything pirated ever? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibletz Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Can you guys please chill out with the whole "ahoy" ****, it's getting old. If you can't help the guy, then don't post. There are a few things you can try, for one, run it in XP Compatibility mode, take ownership of the Sims 3 directory, check and see if "Automatically Restart" is unchecked to ensure if it does restart randomly, it's not from a blue screen of death or a driver error. Update your drivers, and use Vista based drivers since they are compatible with Windows 7. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
testman Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 *yawn* Anyway, assuming Windows 7 is similar to XP in this regard, OP should turn off the "Automatically restart" option when Windows crashes. In XP it was in the System Properties dialog, Advanced tab, Startup and Recovery Settings button, System failure area. Not sure where it is in 7 but probably in a similar place. That way, when it crashes, a blue screen with an error code, details and the file that caused it will be displayed. Post that info here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbo Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 I was just pointing out that it was naive to believe he had a legit copy. Everything else has been said, try compatibility mode, troubleshoot your temperatures, etc. In the end you're dealing with non-genuine software how do you know it hasn't been tampered with... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun N. Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 It doesn't matter if the software being pirated affects anyone here at all or whether someone has or hasn't ever pirated software before ...ever or not. If the OP thinks its a problem with Sims 3 then he should contact EA support forums as this is where he would have got the software from if it was an early release. If it was via a torrent and a copy of the early leak then he has no place asking for help on getting it to work on these forums. Seeing as the OP posted this thread in the "Windows 7 Beta" section of the forum I assume he thinks its a problem with the OS OP Back to you to fill in the gaps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ci7 Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 *yawn*Anyway, assuming Windows 7 is similar to XP in this regard, OP should turn off the "Automatically restart" option when Windows crashes. In XP it was in the System Properties dialog, Advanced tab, Startup and Recovery Settings button, System failure area. Not sure where it is in 7 but probably in a similar place. That way, when it crashes, a blue screen with an error code, details and the file that caused it will be displayed. Post that info here. Vista and 7 has it the same way btw Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PiracyX Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 How did you get an early copy it then by legal means? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minifig Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 It doesn't matter if the software being pirated affects anyone here at all or whether someone has or hasn't ever pirated software before ...ever or not.If the OP thinks its a problem with Sims 3 then he should contact EA support forums as this is where he would have got the software from if it was an early release. If it was via a torrent and a copy of the early leak then he has no place asking for help on getting it to work on these forums. /thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimmy0 Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Who plays Sims?...let me think...Gays and Girls. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Treemonkeys Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 Funny how people accuse him of being a pirate because he has an early copy of Sims 3 yet he admits that he is running 7127. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shockz Posted May 20, 2009 Share Posted May 20, 2009 I think this thread has ran its course.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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