when i try to laod onto pc with windows vista i keep getting message "side by side configuration is incorrect" what does this mean how can i correct it to make the game run properly

YES!!!!! I got it fixed so my Sims 3 runs now. Thank you SO MUCH Puzzlezaddict. Your guiding me through the parts I didn't quite understand helped me SO MUCH! May the fleas of camels infest your enemies!! And may YOU have a blessed day. You are awesome.

Wonderful it's fixed for you @ItsMarmy. Please give the posts that helped some love with pressing the XP button under them. Since it's sorted for you now, I'll lock this thread. It's quite significantly necro'd. ^^; Future readers, if you find you're encountering a similar issue, please take a moment to read through the advice shared in this thread. If that hasn't helped, feel free to pop open a new thread.Thank you, EA_Lanna

@ItsMarmy Please run a dxdiag and attach it to a post. https://help.ea.com/en-us/help/pc/how-to-gather-dxdiag-information/ Please also let me know what kind of Sims 3 install this is: Origin, disc, Steam, or some other source.

@ItsMarmy I think you need to do some maintenance on your computer, to see if the error message is the result of that.Update Windows; run a registry cleaner (CCleaner is free and safe, always back up the registry when asked if to do this), and perhaps try to do a DISM clean up.But update Windows first, I think that will install any necessary Visual C++ Redistributables.Also follow the advice given by the other poster; the file requested will show what needs to be done, for anyone that can read it.But don't post in 8 year old threads, since that is against the rules of this forum, I am surprised the thread has not get closed down yet. Best is to make a new thread, and name it properly, so that more posters are inclined to read it based on the title.

It is an Origin install. I made sure my computer is current on all Windows updates, I ran CCleaner after I uninstalled and before reinstalling Sims 3, I turned off my virus program just to make sure that was not interfering, and I don't know what a DISM is.

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puzzlezaddict
Hero+
5 years ago
@ItsMarmy That's great to hear. Have fun playing.

And... the fleas of camels? I hadn't heard that one before.
ItsMarmy
5 years ago
It was supposed to be the fleas of a thousand camels but I thought that might be a bit too many fleas. 😃
EA_Lanna
Community Manager
5 years ago
Wonderful it's fixed for you @ItsMarmy. Please give the posts that helped some love with pressing the XP button under them.

Since it's sorted for you now, I'll lock this thread. It's quite significantly necro'd. ^^; Future readers, if you find you're encountering a similar issue, please take a moment to read through the advice shared in this thread. If that hasn't helped, feel free to pop open a new thread.

Thank you,

EA_Lanna

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