The first part - same problem here. Nothing helped.
Second part - it should be in Origin file, not EA. :-)
Well, it depends, where you installed it, I left it on default, so it is in file named "Origin games". So if you didn't change target of instalation...
But that doesn't mean, that it can't be somewhere else, I'm not genius. :D
However, I still have the same problem like you and I just really hope, that someone will finally bring some solution...
There should be an EA Games folder where it's in but you might be having this issue: http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-2/SOLUTION-No-Neighborhoods-to-pick-from/td-p/3156388/
Well, the problem is, that for me, the game even won't start, no matter, what I do... No loading screen, simply nothing. Ten seconds in task manager and then it's gone like I haven't started it at all. Every other program works just fine, so it won't be malware thing.
And I've got no TM in name anyway... Locale shouldn't matter, I mean, on our home computer (for kids) everything works absolutely fine and we have the same one...
