The Sims 2 Blue Screen of Death

[Grumpy]

@Joe

installing SP2 on your Windows XP will f*ck your gaming experience even more

Not entirely true! I have Sp2 installed and I dont notice any difference with the games and I have never had any problems getting games to work.
There are some sites around which do suggest some games dont run with as many frames with Sp2 installed but then the same sites list other games as running better with Sp2. I think the worst I have read is maybe a 3% difference in performance either way. 3% is hardly noticeable. So it evens out. If the system is fast enough you wont notice the differences anyway. I have a P4 3.2ghz therefore any differences are hardly noticeable.