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beckys19
4 years ago
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Is the Sims 2 (digital) version available to access / purchase on Origin?

As an avid Sims fan, I've played every Sims game ever released lol. I know it's not readily available on Origin anymore (it's a shame they took it off), but is there absolutely no way to get the Sim...
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    EA_Solaire
    4 years ago

    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. 

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HeyMyNameIsFait
3 years ago

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!

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anirare
7 months ago

the disk is too old so the PC tells you it's blocked by the 'admin". You get around that, running it as an administrator... open the CMD function by typing in your search bar CMD and "run as administrator", then at the command line, type in the letter of your drive. that brings you to your drive and you type autorun.exe.  I can't put screenshots up here for some reason, (that's on me) but hopefully this helps.

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