I started using my notebook to play The Sims 3: Late Night few days ago (I used to use my desktop computer, but it's broken down)
I got no problem with installing, launching and loading the game, but when i start playing for few minutes, it start pausing. the screen keep showing where it paused and didn't move no matter i click what. however, the background music keeps go on and i have to press 'ctrl + alt + del' to get back to the desktop.

I have checked those requirements afterwards with the website i found in this forum: "http://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/", and here's the result:

The Sims 3: Late Night
System Requirements Lab Analysis

Congratulations, your computer passes the minimum specification required to run this product.

CPU Speed 
Minimum: For XP 2.0 GHz Pentium 4 processor or equivalent / For WINDOWS VISTA and Windows 7 2.4 GHz Pentium 4 Processor or equivalent 
You Have: 2.00 GHz Performance Rated at: 3.3 GHz 
   PASS 
 
  RAM 
Minimum: For XP 1 GB RAM / For Windows Vista and Windows 7 1.5 GB RAM (NVIDIA ION™ computers, the game requires at least 2 GB RAM) 
You Have: 1.5 GB 
   PASS 
 
  OS 
Minimum: Windows XP SP2 / Windows Vista SP1 / Windows 7 
You Have: Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium EDITION Service Pack 1 (build 6001), 32-bit 
   PASS 
 
  Video Card 
Minimum: 128 MB Video Card, with support for Pixel Shader 2.0 (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5900 or above / ATI Radeon 9500 or above / Intel GMA 3-series or above) [GeForce FX series unsupported under Vista] 
You Have: GeForce Go 7400 
   PASS 
Features: Minimum attributes of your Video Card 
  Required  You Have 
  Video RAM  128 MB  397.0 MB 
  Pixel Shader version  2.0  3.0 
 
 
  Free Disk Space 
Minimum: At Least 3.5 GB (9.6 GB of hard drive space if installing with The Sims 3) of hard drive space with at least 1 GB of additional space for custom content and saved games 
You Have: 23.4 GB 
   PASS 
 
  CPU 
Minimum: Pentium 4 or equivalent 
You Have: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU T7200 2.00GHz 
 
As it's mentioned.. i've passed the analysis, then why i got paused during the game? is it because i only got minimum pass? or are there any problems that i don't know? (Cause i don't know much on computer stuff...)

Can anyone help?   Thanks a lot!!the RAM

RAM generally decreases over time of use due to clogging up and natural causes,

how long have you had the notebook, if you have had it more than a year, then i suggest not to play it, 'cos you will *censored* up your hard drive or whatever's in that thing and the game still wont run.

EITHER get some more RAM, (if you can for notebooks, probably not)
                                         or fix your desktop comp.Ignore the above post.

natalo77 - last warning. Either stop posting nonsense or we will have to restrict your ability to post on this forum.agreed with allan .