SIMS 1 issues?

I am having major difficulty loading the Sims 1 on my Windows 7 laptop.
Here is a link to my printscreen so you can see the exact problem.
I am not super tech-savvy, so please be patient with me, but I would *really* like to play this game and you know all about Windows 7 and games, so you are my best help!

here is the link:
Public :: simstruouble.png picture by Nami_Spike - Photobucket

Thanks so much!

Or, if anyone knows of a game in which I can design houses that is really why I play sims in the first place, please recommend! that'd be great!

I did attempt that and it still came up as the same thing... :/

Wishmaster said:

On the disc, have you tried setting the setup.exe to
Compatability mode: Windpows XP?

This as well as running as admin may do the trick.

Did that as well, :/ same result...

Maguscreed said:

have you tried the troubleshoot compatibility thing?

Just did, it gives me the options to
"Try Recommended Settings" (Which sets it to XP)
or "Troubleshoot program" (which allows me to choose an operating system...)

Okay, I have tried running it on Windows 2000 and a bunch of the others and it still has the same message, though I am the admin and can access those files...?

It's definitely not the disk, I put in another game that can be loaded and it gives me the same error... :/