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BaeNdaHoody The main issue here is that your computer has only 4 GB RAM. While that's the minimum requirement for Sims 4, it's not always enough for the game plus all the installed DLC plus mods, plus Windows and whatever else is running on your computer at the same time.
What I would suggest first is opening the Task Manager's Startup section and disabling anything that doesn't need to be starting with Windows. The Intel graphics software should be running, and your antivirus or security software, but not for example Edge or anything from HP. (Shutting them down simply means they won't start automatically when you reboot, not that they can't open at all.) If you'd like, I can look over the list of startup apps; just post a screenshot.
If you've shut down everything you're comfortable with and still run into issues in the game, by which I don't mean the error in your first screenshot but actual problems playing, the next step would be to play in a clean boot:
The one service to leave enabled is the EABackgroundService, which the EA App needs in order to run. Disable the rest as described.
See how the game runs, and if you're happy, leave your computer like this in general. Whenever some other app doesn't open, find the associated service(s) you disabled in the clean boot and reenable only that. The equivalent would be the EABackgroundService for the EA App—you're allowing a service to run when you need its program to work, but not ALL the services to run just because they're there. You can leave the necessary ones enabled going forward; the idea is to be selective so the others don't eat RAM you want your game to be able to use.
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