Try downloading the super patch manually here then:
http://answers.ea.com/t5/The-Sims-3/FAQ-Patch-1-57/td-p/67858/
Not sure what you've downloaded before but you'll need patch 1.57
Thankyou! it took me a while but it worked!
The game launched and I reached as far as the load up screen where all the gameplay tips show up but then a little blue box came up saying "a serious error has occured with "Natalie.sims3" and it should restart the application. What do i do now?
Here's some tips on that issue:
http://simswiki.info/wiki.php?title=Game_Help:TS3_Load_Issues
http://nraas.wikispaces.com/ErrorTrap+Reading+Logs+Major
Thanks, as soon as i was about to follow the steps on the link you sent me, i realised that i no longer had the problem and now something else is occuring! (I know sorry, its just one thing after the other ☹️)
Now its reaching the gaming tips bit after i chose my household but before it starts to load im getting the so called "Blue Screen of Death"
I have windows 8 and ive have this laptop for less than 3 months now so i doubt it can be anything else but the sims
I had this problem before as to why i wiped my whole laptop in the first place but sadly it hasent gone away
Ive checked online but there isnt any help for windows 8 users, now im really stuck ☹️
I know you've done so much already but if you can, please help me with this!
And also it says the error is called "Kernel_data_inpage_error" if that helps anything?
BSOD are usually hardware related and I can't help with those. Do you have anyone that could help you out directly on your computer ? Maybe do a hardware check (check your manual on how to to that).
Do you only have them when playing the game ?
Here's a link to your error message: http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_7-system/blue-screen-with-this-error-code/03276fa2-6dcb-44d0-a778-499d5d00b65d
