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  Re: The Sims meet Vista, wackiness ensues  
From: Nekar Xenos
Date: 25 Jun 2011 05:37:30
Message: <op.vxmk0ncdufxv4h@xena>
On Sat, 25 Jun 2011 04:24:22 +0200, Sherry K. Shaw <ten### [at] aolcom>  
wrote:

> Today I spent, oh, I don't know, about a century and a half unscrewing  
> various Vista "features" on my brother-in-law's pc.  Then he decided  
> that he wanted to install The Sims Deluxe (plus a whole bunch of  
> expansions).  My sister had been playing the thing on her XP 'puter, no  
> problems.
>
> Put CD in drive.  Accept legal crap.  Accept default locations.  Dialog  
> box finally appears in which to enter product key.
>
> Product key is something like:  1234 - 1234567 - 1234567 - 1234
> Entry fields have exactly enough space for:  123 - 123456 - 123456 - 123
>
> See the problem?
>
> So now I've spent another century and a half googling for a solution, to  
> no avail.  Anybody got any ideas?
>
> --Sherry Shaw

A shot in the dark: try changing the font sizes in Windows

-- 
-Nekar Xenos-


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