I have a Toshiba laptop and recently I downloaded Sims2. It downloaded fine but when I went to go hit play I got a message from Windows. Windows Display Driver The ialmrnt5 display driver has stopped working normally. Save your work and reboot the system to restore full display functinality. The next time you reboot the machine a box will be displayed giving you a chance to upload data about this failure to Mirosoft. That is exactly what the message said. Now I reboot and the box comes up and I send the problems to Microsoft, however I still cannot play the game. I put the CD for the game in and the window pops up saying that same message again. Can someone please tell me how to fix my display driver? Thanks!

Go into "Device Manager" and identify your graphics card and POST back with that info.

To find out what video card you have, do this. Right click "My Computer" Then choose "Properties" Then the "Hardware" tab Then the "Device manager" button Then click the "+" sign by the listing "Display Adapters"

Then read the BOX the came in a see if your video card meets the minimum requirements for the game to run. Hope this helps

Minimum System Requirements for The Sims 2 If you have a T&L capable video card with at least 32 MB of video RAM then you need at least: 800 MHz processor or better 256 MB RAM if Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows 98 or Windows 2000 At least 3.5 GB of hard drive space If you have a non-T&L capable video card (an Intel Extreme Graphics or a Radeon 7000/VE Series) then you need at least: 2.0 GHz processor or better 256 MB RAM if Windows XP, Windows ME, Windows 98, or Windows 2000 At least 3.5 GB of hard drive space Get the most current driver for your video card. The manufacturers usually have the video drivers on their sites for you to download. Visit the nVidia site, the ATI site or the support site for your computer's manufacturer for the latest drivers for those video cards. Supported video cards (and the more video memory the better): ATI RadeonTM series (7000 or better) Radeon 7000/VE series (non-T&L; requires 2.0 GHz processor) 7200, 7500 8500, All-In-Wonder 8500 9000, 9200, 9500, 9600, 9700, 9800 X300, X600, X800 Nvidia® QuadroTM series Quadro, Quadro2, Quadro4 Nvidia® Geforce series (GeForce2 and better) GeForce2 GeForce3, 3 Ti GeForce4, 4Ti, MX 420, 440 GeForce FX 5200, 5600, 5700, 5800, 5900, 5950 GeForce 6600, 6800 Intel® Extreme Graphics (non-T&L; requires 2.0 GHz processor) 82845, 82865, 82915

Under Display Adapters it says.. Intel(R) 8852/82852 GM/GME Grapics Controller

Do you have at least a 2.0ghz processor?