Stuck at 1024 MB even after 4GB patch

Hi, hoping someone here can help. I am running Windows 10, have the sims 2 ultimate collection. My issue is it very often lags, then gives me the blue screen with the turning hourglass. After about 15 seconds the game resumes. This happens when I make a movement, like edge scrolling, or rotating, or even clicking through different menus in the game. I don't experience crashing or the pink flickering, but the constant lag/blue screen makes the game virtually unplayable.
My laptop has 8GB ram. However, in the log it says I am only using 1024MB. I've tried installing the 4GB patch from NTCore, but it does not recognize it no matter what I do. I tried moving the game .exe to the CS bin and applying the patch there. I've tried moving the game to my desktop and applying the patch there. Both times it gives me the popup that it was successful, but still it says 1024MB in the log.
I also tried installing the Graphic Rules Maker, but it cannot find my game. I manually route it to C:\Program Files (x86)\Origin Games\The Sims 2 Ultimate Collection\Fun with Pets\SP9\CSBin but there is no game found there (despite the fact I know it is there as when I go through file explorer I locate it easily in the same place).
I've attached the config-log.txt below.
Thanks in advance!

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