Sims 3 won't open (service initialization failed 0x065d0274)
- 2 years ago
@Doctor_Kuzo If you have one of the processors affected by the Alder Lake issue, and it sounds like you do, then yes, it's normal to need to use the Task Manager each time. The only way to fix the problem for good is to use Lazy Duchess's patch. The reason I didn't want you to do that yet is that sometimes the patch itself corrupts the install. I wanted to know whether Sims 3 ran without the patch first to see whether the clean install solved the problem.
Point is, now you can run the patch if you want. To be careful, please first close the EA App and make sure the EABackgroundService is NOT running in the Task Manager; it would be under Background processes. If you use a third-party antivirus, disable it before running the patch, and launch the game once before reenabling it. As long as you don't do anything else at the same time, your computer should be safe.