Help Neede With XP "User" Profiles! - Page 2

Greg · 10-23-2007, 11:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Zirconia Wolf

I had just about worked up the courage to give BV a go when I ran into a post (on the InTeen board) about someone who's BV install deleted her entire Documents/EA Games folder & installed a new Admin account, among other things!

Just when I thought it might be safe to go into the water...

Hmm... I'm not sure I believe that one...

Zirconia Wolf · 10-24-2007, 07:02 PM

I'm hopping it was a case of "Non-Compatible 3rd Party Mod Syndrome" (which can do all sorts of fun stuff to a game) rather than a BV problem.

I say this because I am doggedly determined to add that thing to my game...

homerette · 10-24-2007, 09:17 PM

Well, there's a warning too about BV adding unnecessary files to packaged bodyshop sims. So you can pass them on, virus-like to others, or they can be passed to you. You can use SimPE and/or the clean installer to check things out, but I understand it's a tad time-consuming. Let me see if I can find a link to the original info...here ya go.

Zirconia Wolf · 10-25-2007, 01:38 PM

Oh terrific...

Thanks for the link!

Hmmmm. Now I'm confused: are all "alphabet soup" files bad or not? (I swear some meshes show up as soup...)

Good grief, I don't wanna have to wade through the over 10,000 files in my Downloads folder...GAAAAAAAA!

Miros1 · 10-25-2007, 03:53 PM

If you use Clean Installer, you shouldn't get as many "alphabet soup" files, unless the creator of the Sim or lot has previously used the Maxis installer...

In addition to what I said in the other post, DDO will also help detect Duplicates, assuming you (or the creator of a Sim or lot you downloaded) haven't used JFade's compressor.

Zirconia Wolf · 10-25-2007, 08:07 PM

I'm pretty good about running everything through Clean Installer now & have never downloaded a lot (except the Lycos Hub from Sims 2 Graveyard) so none of the "soup" files I have are flagged as Global Hacks thankfully!

Actually, 99.9 % of my "soup" problems are all "Official" Maxis Content (from various "Maxiod_" creaters) from the exchange or Sims 2 Graveyard. Not that it surprises me Maxis/EA would use soup to name their friggen files...

10-24-2007, 07:02 PM	#22
Zirconia Wolf Reticulated MoonBat Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: My trusty computer in Issaquah WA, USA. Posts: 848	I'm hopping it was a case of "Non-Compatible 3rd Party Mod Syndrome" (which can do all sorts of fun stuff to a game) rather than a BV problem. I say this because I am doggedly determined to add that thing to my game... __________________ Long Live All Wild Canines! Leader Of The Moon-Bat Revolution!

10-24-2007, 09:17 PM	#23
homerette Day late & a dollar short Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: central VA Posts: 206	Well, there's a warning too about BV adding unnecessary files to packaged bodyshop sims. So you can pass them on, virus-like to others, or they can be passed to you. You can use SimPE and/or the clean installer to check things out, but I understand it's a tad time-consuming. Let me see if I can find a link to the original info...here ya go. __________________ May the roof above us never fall in, and may we friends gathered below never fall out. Last edited by homerette : 10-24-2007 at 09:23 PM. Reason: adding link

10-25-2007, 01:38 PM	#24
Zirconia Wolf Reticulated MoonBat Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: My trusty computer in Issaquah WA, USA. Posts: 848	Oh terrific... Thanks for the link! Hmmmm. Now I'm confused: are all "alphabet soup" files bad or not? (I swear some meshes show up as soup...) Good grief, I don't wanna have to wade through the over 10,000 files in my Downloads folder...GAAAAAAAA! __________________ Long Live All Wild Canines! Leader Of The Moon-Bat Revolution!

10-25-2007, 08:07 PM	#26
Zirconia Wolf Reticulated MoonBat Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: My trusty computer in Issaquah WA, USA. Posts: 848	I'm pretty good about running everything through Clean Installer now & have never downloaded a lot (except the Lycos Hub from Sims 2 Graveyard) so none of the "soup" files I have are flagged as Global Hacks thankfully! Actually, 99.9 % of my "soup" problems are all "Official" Maxis Content (from various "Maxiod_" creaters) from the exchange or Sims 2 Graveyard. Not that it surprises me Maxis/EA would use soup to name their friggen files... __________________ Long Live All Wild Canines! Leader Of The Moon-Bat Revolution!

10-25-2007, 03:53 PM	#25
Miros1 Goddess for Life Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: NY State Posts: 3,303	If you use Clean Installer, you shouldn't get as many "alphabet soup" files, unless the creator of the Sim or lot has previously used the Maxis installer... In addition to what I said in the other post, DDO will also help detect Duplicates, assuming you (or the creator of a Sim or lot you downloaded) haven't used JFade's compressor.