Regional code error

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KaishaD Posts 2 Registration date Tuesday April 9, 2013 Status Member Last seen April 9, 2013 - Apr 9, 2013 at 01:19 PM
 jessicalouise89 - Jul 2, 2014 at 11:47 PM
I bought both games from Amazon: The Sims 3 and the expansion pack World Adventures. Installed the Sims 3 but the expansion pack says regional code error. My system is Windows 8 so I'm not getting any solutions when searched. Please help! I've waited so long for the games to arrive to get this problem now.

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xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,825
Apr 9, 2013 at 02:58 PM
The US is in region 1 and you are probably in region 4. Some DVD's are coded region 0 which allows them to be played in any region. This was probably the case with the game DVD. I looks like the expansion pack was codded region 1.

The DVD in your computer can be changed to region 1. But, you are only allowed to change the region 5 times. After the 5th time you are stuck with the last region you coded. You should keep this in mind if you are buying games/DVDs via the internet/internationally.

Good Luck
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KaishaD Posts 2 Registration date Tuesday April 9, 2013 Status Member Last seen April 9, 2013
Apr 9, 2013 at 04:19 PM
Can u tell me how to change it please?
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xpcman Posts 19530 Registration date Wednesday October 8, 2008 Status Contributor Last seen June 15, 2019 1,825
Apr 9, 2013 at 04:33 PM
From MyComputer right click on the drive

On the windows opened select the drive and click "Properties" button

From the windows select the tab "DVD Region"

Select the region clicking on a geographic area

Click OK
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jessicalouise89
Jul 2, 2014 at 11:47 PM
I need some help here. I'm trying do install World Adventures onto my Windows 8 laptop and the above instructions don't work for me. Please help!!!
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