Sims Won't Install After Un-install

Ok, I bought the Sims Superstar yesterday from Target. I loved the Sims
and it worked great on my 933mhz PIII desktop computer. I installed the
Sims Superstar yesterday, and everything was fine until I got to the
main screen where they showed the neighborhoods. Once I clicked on a
house, it kinda froze, then it went into the house but the graphics
were COMPLETELY messed up.

I decided to un-install the Sims Superstar from the Add/Remove
programs. Bad choice. It deleted everything. I started to re-install it
this morning, but everything was messed up. It would freeze every time
I had to put CD2 from the Sims Deluxe Edition in. once it didn't
freeze, Messages would come popping up. I actually got it to 'finish'
(I saw the finish screen) and tried to install the Sims House Party. It
said I didn't have a valid version of The Sims installed. I have the
CDs and everything, so I'm not stealing it. I can send you a picture.


Anyway, I tried to un-install it from the Add/Remove programs and it
wouldn't do the un-installation and an error came up, even though I
tried two times.

I then deleted the Program Files/Maxis/The Sims & Sims Creator and
tried to re-install. When I tried to do that, the wrong type of
installation window came up. It didn't ask me for my product key.

The Sims Superstar has made me quite angry, and if anyone has
suggestions on just how to install all of my expansion packs up to The
Sims Superstar, I'd love it! I have:

The Sims Deluxe Edition
House Party
Hot Date
Unleashed

Thanks in advance!

First, you probably shouldn't use add/remove to uninstall The Sims or
manually delete the files. It deletes the game files but doesn't take
care of the registry settings that were changed. You should use
"Uninstall the Sims" from the start menu. That might be why you're
getting the error messages.

Second, according to the instructions with the MegaDeluxe package, you
have to install the expansion packs in the order they were released. In
my case, that was: Livin' Large, House Party, Hot Date.

If you still have "Uninstall the Sims" in your start menu, use that and
start again. If not, there are lots of free registry cleaning programs
that can delete entries that aren't linked to a file on your computer
(see Downloads.com) which may solve the reinstall problem.