Thanks for all the help, it's now working but the game is crashing at 1am (as I see others have reported). So as someone suggested I downloaded the modified configuration to prevent this. Just wondering, do I need to still keep in the awesome.package file? Or just the aweconf.package?

I'm so sorry for all my confusion, I'm very technologically challenged. When I click on Computer-->The Sims 3, it brings me to the files that are on my disc. Are you saying I need to burn the files to the disc? When I try pasting the files there that's the only option I get.

I just can't figure out what I've done wrong. I believe I have it in the right place, but to test it I went to CAS... and it still says I need an adult or elder.

Is this not correct?

I feel like a complete moron, but I really have no idea where to put any of the files Could someone please give me a step by step process?