Late Night Bugs - Compiled List in first two posts

When i click on the play icon on the launcher just before the game loads it says your sims 3 launcher has stopped working, while my game is loading the theme music plays, my game then loads up and i have no sound at all. I can do eveything else except hear any sound in the game. I installed the latest patch for sliders etc (Regret installing it). Anyone know whats wrong?

Help please!