Great! I hope that solves it. To make a bold statement: that pretty much had to be it. And I'm usually not one to make bold statements, especially not even having been at your computer. But seeing as your brand new powerhouse system has no other problems at all...
Logitech seems to be pretty happy with 9.79, seeing as it's been around for ages now. They have nice products, but their drivers...? I once made the mistake of installing version 8 on XP (might have been an earlier version or win2k). It said it wasn't compatible but there wasn't a newer version yet and I figured "how bad can it be"? Poof, gone system. This was in an experimental environment though, not that I go around screwing up regular systems

. Otherwise, like I said, I've had my problems with their drivers too.
Anyway, if you get a CTD in the future, remember that it might be other things too. I've read some people having trouble with autosave or having the speed to high, but I don't know if those are still issues. As a rule, I always save manually in January of every year (every month in HOI) in every Paradox product. It's not necessarily necessary (?) but it saves a lot of frustration just in case. Remember to clean them out once in a while though, or they'll fill your disk (even yours

). And as I wrote above, I've had problems with having to many courtiers. I was playing happily along without (hardly?) any CTD's until I got to 1300something and suddenly it happened every couple of months. In an act of desperation I used to "die" cheat on the weeds in my court and I was fine until 1453.
OK, I'll shut up now. :wacko: