hi, i have owned and played sim city 4 for years with no problems on my computer, and then on my laptop. i wanted to play the other day and i got a message that pops up saying 'access denied. please login with administrator privileges and try again". i am under the administrator account and i have read tips about granting access to everyone under properties of the game and nothing has worked. i uninstalled and reinstalled the game several times and that did not work as well. all I wanted to do was play my game and instead i monkeyed with my computer for hours trying to get the game running. anyone that can help i would appreciate it. i have heard some people say they can redeem the code in the box for a free download... any clues guesses or anything would help. thank you