Thanks for ur reply, I will try that in a whiie. I appreciate u don't work for EA, and me going on about cancelling orders is of no interest to you - I was just having a rant as I was getting really, p****d off with it.
I usually play online, so I had a go at playing offline, but that was no help, so, that was that!!!! I stupidly deleted all off my old games, (in a fit of peak!!) so all my old sims have gone to the grim reaper without any mourning etc!! I just thought that maybe I had too much saved, so that was not the thing to do as that made no difference either!!!
So, will give your idea a go and see what happens, but would be good to know if anyone else is having any similar issues???
Thanks