Sims 2 Nightlife - Mini Images not working

[bigdikmcgee]

Ok, this one has me banging my head. I'm usually pretty good with this stuff, but I'm stumped.

I've got Sims 2 and Sims 2 Nightlife. Both are working fine with the discs, but I work/play on two different computers and try to apply all my games so I don't need the disc. Sims 2 works fine with the mini image, in both Daemon 4.0 and Alcohol 120%. The nightlife expansion pack however won't work at all, in either Daemon or Alcohol. I get the splash screen for about 2 seconds, then it just goes away and nothing happens . . . .or on subsequent tries I get the "Sims 2 Nightlife has encountered a problem and has to shut down" box.

If I unmount the image, and put the disc in, the game plays fine again, even with the No CD exe crack that someone (finally) put out for the original Sims 2 game.

I thought I caught on a forum somewhere that this was a Windows SP2 issue. If so, anyone have the answer as to how to fix it?

Oh, thought I would mention that the mini image for Nightlife works perfectly in both Daemon and Alcohol on one computer, but not on the other . . . and they are both running Windows XP Home SP2 with all current updates.

Anyone?

Thanks,

Big D