Sims 2 Bathroom use slows game to a crawl

Please help! Everytime my sims go to the bathroom it slows the rest of the game down to a virtual crawl. It also crawls while creating new sims. Any ideas on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated.

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Please help! Everytime my sims go to the bathroom it slows the rest of the game down to a virtual crawl. It also crawls while creating new sims. Any ideas on how to fix this would be greatly appreciated. System info has been provided below.
 
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name GABRIEL
System Manufacturer GBT___
System Model AWRDACPI
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 1 Stepping 2 GenuineIntel ~1800 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Award Software International, Inc. 6.00 PG, 9/6/2001
SMBIOS Version 2.3
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2180 (xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"
User Name GABRIEL\Gabe
Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time
Total Physical Memory 1,024.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 571.15 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 3.90 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
 
[Hardware Resources]
 
 
 
[Conflicts/Sharing]
 
Resource Device
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 PCI bus
I/O Port 0x00000000-0x00000CF7 Direct memory access controller
 
IRQ 21 NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
IRQ 21 Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC
 
I/O Port 0x00005000-0x0000FFFF PCI bus
I/O Port 0x00005000-0x0000FFFF Intel:registered: 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller - 2443
 
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF PCI bus
Memory Address 0xA0000-0xBFFFF NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420
 
 
[DMA]
 
Resource Device Status
Channel 4 Direct memory access controller OK
Channel 2 Standard floppy disk controller OK
 
[Forced Hardware]
 
Device PNP Device ID
 
[i/O]
 
Resource Device Status
0x00000000-0x00000CF7 PCI bus OK
0x00000000-0x00000CF7 Direct memory access controller OK
0x00000D00-0x00003FFF PCI bus OK
0x000040F8-0x00004FFF PCI bus OK
0x00005000-0x0000FFFF PCI bus OK
0x00005000-0x0000FFFF Intel:registered: 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller - 2443 OK
0x000003B0-0x000003BB NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 OK
0x000003C0-0x000003DF NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 OK
0x0000C000-0x0000C0FF Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC OK
0x0000C400-0x0000C43F Creative AudioPCI (ES1371,ES1373) (WDM) OK
0x00000200-0x00000207 Game Port for Creative OK
0x00000279-0x00000279 ISAPNP Read Data Port OK
0x00000274-0x00000277 ISAPNP Read Data Port OK
0x0000F000-0x0000F00F Intel:registered: 82801BA Bus Master IDE Controller OK
0x000001F0-0x000001F7 Primary IDE Channel OK
0x000003F6-0x000003F6 Primary IDE Channel OK
0x00000170-0x00000177 Secondary IDE Channel OK
0x00000376-0x00000376 Secondary IDE Channel OK
0x0000D000-0x0000D01F Intel:registered: 82801BA/BAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2442 OK
0x0000D800-0x0000D81F Intel:registered: 82801BA/BAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2444 OK
0x00000010-0x0000001F Motherboard resources OK
0x00000022-0x0000003F Motherboard resources OK
0x00000044-0x0000005F Motherboard resources OK
0x00000062-0x00000063 Motherboard resources OK
0x00000065-0x0000006F Motherboard resources OK
0x00000074-0x0000007F Motherboard resources OK
0x00000091-0x00000093 Motherboard resources OK
0x000000A2-0x000000BF Motherboard resources OK
0x000000E0-0x000000EF Motherboard resources OK
0x00000B78-0x00000B7B Motherboard resources OK
0x00000F78-0x00000F7B Motherboard resources OK
0x00000A78-0x00000A7B Motherboard resources OK
0x00000E78-0x00000E7B Motherboard resources OK
0x00000BBC-0x00000BBF Motherboard resources OK
0x00000FBC-0x00000FBF Motherboard resources OK
0x000004D0-0x000004D1 Motherboard resources OK
0x00000294-0x00000297 Motherboard resources OK
0x00000020-0x00000021 Programmable interrupt controller OK
0x000000A0-0x000000A1 Programmable interrupt controller OK
0x00000080-0x00000090 Direct memory access controller OK
0x00000094-0x0000009F Direct memory access controller OK
0x000000C0-0x000000DF Direct memory access controller OK
0x00000040-0x00000043 System timer OK
0x00000070-0x00000073 System CMOS/real time clock OK
0x00000061-0x00000061 System speaker OK
0x000000F0-0x000000FF Numeric data processor OK
0x000003F0-0x000003F5 Standard floppy disk controller OK
0x000003F7-0x000003F7 Standard floppy disk controller OK
0x000003F8-0x000003FF Communications Port (COM1) OK
0x000002F8-0x000002FF Communications Port (COM2) OK
0x00000378-0x0000037F Printer Port (LPT1) OK
0x00000778-0x0000077B Printer Port (LPT1) OK
0x00000060-0x00000060 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard OK
0x00000064-0x00000064 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard OK
 
[iRQs]
 
Resource Device Status
IRQ 9 Microsoft ACPI-Compliant System OK
IRQ 21 NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 OK
IRQ 21 Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC OK
IRQ 22 Creative AudioPCI (ES1371,ES1373) (WDM) OK
IRQ 14 Primary IDE Channel OK
IRQ 15 Secondary IDE Channel OK
IRQ 19 Intel:registered: 82801BA/BAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2442 OK
IRQ 11 Intel:registered: 82801BA/BAM SMBus Controller - 2443 OK
IRQ 23 Intel:registered: 82801BA/BAM USB Universal Host Controller - 2444 OK
IRQ 0 System timer OK
IRQ 8 System CMOS/real time clock OK
IRQ 13 Numeric data processor OK
IRQ 6 Standard floppy disk controller OK
IRQ 4 Communications Port (COM1) OK
IRQ 3 Communications Port (COM2) OK
IRQ 12 PS/2 Compatible Mouse OK
IRQ 1 Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard OK
 
[Memory]
 
Resource Device Status
0xD0000-0xD3FFF System board OK
0xF0000-0xF7FFF System board OK
0xF8000-0xFBFFF System board OK
0xFC000-0xFFFFF System board OK
0x3FFF0000-0x3FFFFFFF System board OK
0x0000-0x9FFFF System board OK
0x100000-0x3FFEFFFF System board OK
0xFEC00000-0xFEC00FFF System board OK
0xFEE00000-0xFEE00FFF System board OK
0xFFB00000-0xFFBFFFFF System board OK
0xFFF00000-0xFFFFFFFF System board OK
0xE0000-0xEFFFF System board OK
0xA0000-0xBFFFF PCI bus OK
0xA0000-0xBFFFF NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 OK
0xC0000-0xDFFFF PCI bus OK
0x40000000-0xFEBFFFFF PCI bus OK
0xEC000000-0xECFFFFFF NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 OK
0xE4000000-0xE7FFFFFF NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 OK
0xE8000000-0xE807FFFF NVIDIA GeForce4 MX 420 OK
0xEE000000-0xEE0000FF Realtek RTL8139 Family PCI Fast Ethernet NIC OK
 

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Tried dropping in-game graphical (and even sound quality) settings?