Hi there @beckys19,
The Sims 2 is no longer available digitally through Origin for purchase- if you do not already own The Ultimate Collection in Origin, the only way to play is through the disk version.
i just purchased the disk drive for that reason. whenever i go to play it i get told something about the administer on the comp won't let it play. i talked to a microsoft customer service person and he'd told me i needed to download it or it wouldn't play..so i'm not sure what to do. i just wanna play!
Not sure if you're still having any problems downloading the games, but if its denying it (administration block) you'll just have to force run it.
> Search Command Prompt
> Right-click it and select "Run as Administrator"
> it'll say C:\Windows\System32> (Or something like that), you'll just have to type in which drive you're trying to run it under and write it after the ">" ( EX: C:\Windows\System32>D: ) then when you hit enter " D: \> " will pop up below it. You'll type autorun.exe and hit "ENTER"
So it should look something like this
C:\Windows\System32>D:
D:\>autorun.exe
D:\>
And the game should start running so you can download it. Hopefully I wrote that clear enough and it helps. I have a windows desktop btw, not sure how to do it on a MAC.
