My computer is giving me loads of crap right now -- sorry but I can't get it to load the game without crashing ATM.
After a lot of diagnosis (this is not a new problem but, rather, one I thought I fixed months ago) I think either my Video RAM is crapping out or my system RAM. Any time the card tries to draw 3D it restarts.
I've installed older drivers, service packed, etc...no joy. I'm an old hack at system admin and this problem is beyond my capacity to fix eaisly without new hardware -- something I can not afford right now, either.
So I'll see what I can do with it tomorrow. Sorry to have to stall the game but there really isn't anything I can do.