I am going to say that I also had some issues finding the right one to download. I grabbed the first one I think, by vitality (or something like that). It was the only one I could make work. I couldn't get the 7zip one to work at all. The key for me was figuring out that you had to replace the installed SimsEP8 file with the no CD thing. So I would copy that somewhere first just in case. I think that has been mentioned in the steps but just wanted to reiterate that.

Also I found myself downloading trainers and not the actual .exe that runs the game. Those are much smaller too.

Hope this helps...

Ah...thank you for that. I figured 7zip files needed to be unzipped but I downloaded the application and get nothing but a quick flash of a window like a command prompt window. Maybe I did it wrong. Either way, I can't get the no CD crack to work.

But thank you for the info!

I have followed the steps here to remove SR but I have a question and a problem. I found a folder in my Programs called PACE Anti Piracy. Anyone know what that is? I only have Sims stuff installed on this PC. Also in my registry, there is a folder called Brain Drain? Don't know if that is related or not...

Now the problem...the no cd crack will not launch my game. I had downloaded it so I didn't have a CD. I put the crack in the appropriate folder for BV and tried naming it alternately Sims2EP6.exe or Sims2Launcher.exe. The game will not load. Is that because I didn't use a CD to install?

And the no CD crack is a 7z file so I don't even no if renaming it is right or if I need to "unzip" it?

Any help is appreciated. And thanks SO MUCH for this thread.