Just installed sims lifestories, and the pop-up menu, will not stay on long enough for a command.

I installed Sims Life Stories, and when I play the game, the pop-up menu, that I use to give a command to the Sim appears, then disappears before I can put in the command. Dont know why it wont stay on so I can play it.

That sounds like a program issue. Contact Sims Customer support:

https://customersupport.ea.com/loginapp/cp/login-sims.do?skin=sims&locale=en_US&curl=http://easims.custhelp.com/app/home&surl=http://easims.custhelp.com/ci/pta/login&p_next_page=ask