bigskyboiler

As a last resort, I tried an older restore point. Unbelievably, it worked. I have no idea what caused the registry change, but everything is working. If you have the same problem, try an older restore point.

Additionally, I have reinstalled the game twice to see it that would help. Unsurprisingly, it did not. Could a registry change have taken place somehow that would compromise the stability of the game? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

I just purchased and installed the Sim City 4 Deluxe package and was having a good time playing for two days. On day 3, the game stopped working for seemingly no reason. It gets to the part where the EA Games logo pops up, and freezes before it rotates from horizontal to vertical and gives their slogan. The only thing I downloaded for the game thus far was the SKU 1 patch. The game worked before and immediately after installation of the patch, so I do not suspect its installation as the cause of my issue. I have a pretty old computer; 1.4 GHz P4 with 640 MB of RAM. I run Windows XP Professional. I don't think the graphics or sound cards are problematic, as I had no problems running the program before today. Does anyone have any suggestions?