loading xp game on vista

[fbillard]

Merry Christmas all. i have a question.
just bought the kid a new laptop and we're trying to load the "sims 2" game and it wont load. the game is for up to xp and the new laptop has vista. i even tried to use the configuration utility in vista to convert it but it keeps giving me errors and wont load. anyone have any ideas? thanks.

[Platypus]

Merry Christmas to you also.

What errors does it give?

One possibility is that the video on a laptop may not be suitable, eg the Intel video chipset on some business oriented systems.

You could try running the system requirements tester here:

http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/referrer/srtest

For example for The Sims 2 my laptop with ATI video passes the minimum requirement but fails the recommended.