Program installations, especially for games, are extracting, copying and creating a lot of files. When anti-virus programs try to intercept everything in real time, it can cause conflicts (both programs want control). I once installed an Audigy sound card (default drivers and software) on a computer that someone had installed an anti-virus program on without mentioning it, and the install went very, very slow and eventually completely locked up the system. After disabling the anti-virus program, the install went fine.
I have seen how-to-guides on controlling what starts up with Windows XP, but didn't pay much attention since I am still using 98SE. A web search should find something. Just disabling the anti-virus program should work, though one person mentioned having to uninstall a firewall to solve a periodic crash problem in BD.
What difficulty level did you start the game on, and was that reset (you can check in the options)? If your mana did not also change, then that would probably not be the problem.
Did you eat or drink anything (sleep) or use potions before saving the game, that could have given you a constitution / vitality boost?
For BD, it is much better under XP to have the latest service pack and all critical updates installed. I don't know if using the original version has anything to do with the crash on exit, though.
Which folders were the errors in? The files in the dynamics folders;
'
..\Beyond Divinity\Acts\Act1\Dynamic', '
..\Beyond Divinity\Acts\Act2\Dynamic', etc.
are expendable, and can be deleted (the game will recreate them as required). If the errors were in other files, that might cause problems.
If you didn't notice, there is a
patch for BD.
