Whenever I try to install The Sims Makin' Magic...it gives me an error thing. It says it performed an illegal operation and the details are this, don't know if it helps or not:
START caused an exception c0000006H in module START.EXE at 017f:00406c10.
Registers:
EAX=00401720 CS=017f EIP=00406c10 EFLGS=00010202
EBX=00a00000 SS=0187 ESP=00b0fda0 EBP=00b0fe38
ECX=0041d630 DS=0187 ESI=0041a004 FS=5107
EDX=004113bf ES=0187 EDI=00000000 GS=0000
Bytes at CS:EIP:

Stack dump:
00401725 0040eae1 00000000 0040ea0f 0041a000 0041a03c 0041a040 0041a054 0040f121 00000000 8193f8f8 00a00000 c0000006 00b0fc44 bffc9490 bff713e2

i've tried everything, turning off my virus thing, restarting, shutting down and turning the computer back on, nothing will work. I was maybe thinking that it was because I have windows 98, but my other sims games work and everything. Help...I really wanna play this game and I don't know what to do.

Okay...well I got it installed...and now it just wont let me play it. I had to go the long way to install it...I couldn't just click on it and have it start installing, I had to open the file, and go to setup and install from there...now, no matter where I go to try to click to play it...it gives me the same error...I got it installed, so it shouldn't have a problem...why can't I play it???

Try this: Go to Windows Update and download/install the latest DirectX file.
When you've done that, click Start/Run and then type in: dxdiag and click OK.

In the DirectX diagnostic tool, say OK to allow the Internet Access. Then click each tab in turn. Does it show any problem files? If so, those are files that need updating or replacing.
If not, try turning down the acceleration on your sound. Does that help? If so, try updating your sound drivers.

I hope something here helps!

Dwight