Civilization.exe module error

[Tournesol]

whenever I try to start a game, after I select the map properties, the game crashes with this error message:

CIVILIZATION3 caused a divisionerror in module CIVILIZATION3.EXE at adress 0167:00563648.
contents of file:
EAX=00000051 CS=0167 EIP=00563648 EFLGS=00010202
EBX=00000040 SS=016f ESP=00a5369c EBP=00000000
ECX=00a59718 DS=016f ESI=00a59144 FS=4af7
EDX=00000000 ES=016f EDI=00000000 GS=0000
Byte at CS:EIP:
f7 79 70 89 41 60 8b 46 04 8b 48 04 84 9c 31 a0
contents of stack:
80000200 00a58a74 00a59718 00000020 0056381d 80000200 00a563b0 00a59144 00578eb6 00a53ba8 00000295 00000094 00000000 00000013 00a563b0 00000001

please help, I got civ III for my birthday yesterday, an I really want to play it as soon as i can.

 

[Fabiano]

I was getting the same problem ad solved it just deleting a lot of windows fonts. As matter of fact, Today I have just 253 (I had 1200 before). I have used the MSCONFIG option and disabled the programs on the start folder.
I hope it can help you.
Regards,
Fabiano