Wow.  What a hostile community

I read the thread.  I did not see any solution listed... just a lot of supposition.

Nowhere in the thread did it say that either of those two tools were part of a specific Mod.  In fact, I was asking where I would have to get them.  That's why I said..
I mean, you did see that comment, right?  It's not like Wizard was being a... what did he call me... a "fucknut" by missing how I mentioned that I was obviously ignorant of the fact that both of those tools were included in that specific mod... since I did not where to get them... and I said as much.  So, obviously I would not have that Mod installed.

I mentioned that I had no Mods installed, so that others like myself who are brought here by a Google search for a solution to the problem, could see that people who aren't using any Mods can be experiencing this, and that they don't have to uninstall their Mods as a bug-fix.  I expected anyone reading my post to be able to comprehend what I wrote, to see that I never said anything about BETTER Ram, just that I had changed Ram months before this problem ever surfaced, so that the Ram was not an issue at all, before or after.

I've further proved on my own that Ram was not an issue, for starting a new game in Sunset Valley sees no pauses whatsoever... which proves it has nothing to do with the amount of Ram either, genius.  Way to go attempting to look smart about things, only to show that you have reading comprehension issues AND can enjoy being just plain wrong.

But, it was my mistake to attempt to seek assistance here.  Thank you for making that abundantly clear.  Let the ignorant flame war continue.

Oh.. and where is the "fucking manual" I am supposed to read?  Better yet, where is the post that everyone who joins the forum is supposed to read, that has all of this information?  Oh, and where is the moderator who should be closing threads that are not supposed to be posted in?

Yes, I am kicking a topic that has been left alone.  I think it is important to the issue as people still are having it AND I have a couple of interesting points to add to the mix.

I am playing Vanilla S3.  No expansion packs.  No mods.  The only world I have added is Riverview.  I have less than 20 pieces of custom content added, and all from the Sims 3 store at EA (the free stuff that did not cost any Simpoints, but not the pile of free decor).  I am patched up to 1.33, and was patched up to that point before the pauses started.

I played the game on and off for more than a year before playing more frequently this past month.  I never had any issues with it pausing.  I have changed motherboards (Biostar to Asus... same base chipset), video cards (9600gt to 9800gt... Evga replaced it), the processor (AMD Athlon 64 x2 6400+ to AMD Phenom II x6 1100t) AND the brand of Ram (G.Skill F2-6400 to Kingston 2G-UDIMM)  since I first installed the game, and never experienced this pause (the hardware change occurred at Christmas... I treated myself).  By choosing my hardware carefully, I did not have to reinstall Windows XP MCE, and I have had No issues with any software installed before the hardware change.

So hardware is not causing the issue for me.  Mods are not causing the issue for me.  Custom Content is not causing the issue for me.

One thing I can comment on is that I can clearly remember (last night) when this problem first started, and what occurred in the game.

Male teen guest was visiting at the home of a female teen.  He had been "invited over" by her, and they are boyfriend/girlfriend.  The visit was considered to be (automatically turned into) a date, but they never left the front step of the home.  When it was time to ask him to leave, the only option given was "Ask to leave date".  I chose this.  The game appeared to pause, but all the animations continued (the spinning hearts over their heads, the girl's plumb-bob, etc.)  After the pause stopped, he ran home (across the street) and she went in to eat before bed.

Ever since then, the game has been freezing like that every few minutes.  Saved it, shut down, came back to it today, it is still doing it.

Now.  I've seen references through this thread to "fixall" and "resetworld" but I can find no reference as to where to download these tools in the thread itself, nor another thread which indicates where to download.  I also did not see anywhere in this thread anyone mentioning when they first noticed the pauses, or what happened in the game when they first started.  I shall change to another family, and see if the pauses continue.