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Okay, first of all, just purchased EU2 and love the game to this point.

The problem I am having is that if I choose to run any other mode besides 800x600, the game will freeze shortly after starting. It doesn't crash - it just freezes, forcing a hard reset of the system.

Maybe there is a known problem with some of my hardware, but I couldn't find any specific references in the older posts.

My system:
P3 850
394mb RAM
40gb HD
3D Annihilator Pro (32mb)
Sound Blaster Live!
Windows XP

I have updated to the latest video (NVIDIA reference drivers) and audio drivers. I tried running without 3d acceleration (doesn't work at all then). I have updated to the 1.01 EU2 patch.

Any help would be appreciated.
 
Try to change your desktop resolution according to the game resolution, i.e. if you want to run in 1024x758, put your desktop resolution to 1024x768 256 colors and try running the game.

Some users seems to have problem with XP and the video player, BINKPLAYER.EXE. When the game freeze, try to hit CTRL-ALT-DEL and then find the application (bink) and close it. If you can't find it, try to rename your AVI folder to AVI_BACKUP.

NVIDIA has two versions of their drivers, one that is WHQL (Windows Quality Hardware Labs) and one that is not. Try both and see if it changes something.
 
My desktop runs at 1024x768 already, but I haven't tried lowering the colors to 256.

I haven't had the problem with the binkplayer. My games freeze within a minute (or less usually) of actual game play. Moving around the map, clicking something, or just sitting there analyzing things - doesn't matter what I am doing, it will freeze.
 
Do you use a custom mouse pointer? If so try to revert it to the default one.

I'm going to have you completely uninstall your nvidia driver and then reinstall the new one. There is a little software that will do that for you, I'll try to find it and I will post you the link.
 
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