I was able to get it through Origin, since I had purchased something for it online. That was a rare thing for me to do back then. I have all of Sims2 on disk, but they offered a Holiday SP, I think it was and I had no easy way to get out to the store to purchase it and just didn't wish to wait. It's a good thing. I lent my Base game disk(s) to my daughter-in-law while they were living with us, and my baby grandson had discovered how to open up the disk drawer on his mommy's laptop. Suffice it to say, he thrashed my disk. :open_mouth: That made me sad, as I had a hankering to play that game again. Delighted when EA made the Ultimate Sims 2 Collection available for free to those of us who had purchased a downloadable pack.