I think it's not your vista, but the hardware. Try to monitor CPU and GPU temperatures. It might be bad thermo contact. You should try to reinstall windows, or install a good antivirus.
Yes.
Yes they should be able to.
Yes if you right click on the game file and click troubleshoot compatibility then set it to windows vista
Yes. Home Basic is just as capable of playing games as the other editions of Vista.
I basically live on ROBLOX, and I have Windows Vista. So you should be able to play games. AND ON MY VISTA ITS ALL WAYS SAYS UPDATING SO IT BECAUSE the 455.4546.3 game card port hardrive divice elit.com /micro
Vista: Control Panel -> Security -> Allow a Program Through Windows Firewall
All current sims 2 games are vista compatible. as for sims 1, I am not sure but I do know it will play in compatibility mode if you have any problems
Yes.
Yes.
I can play SimGold on Windows Vista perfectly fine, i don't see why it would not.
No, it's compatible with Windows XP, or Vista/Vista64.
Only if you install a PCSX2 emulator can some PS2 games be played on PCs capable of running it