No I am NOT mixing the 2.

This is a fresh start using ONLY ver 1.34 patch under XP exclusivly. I was comparing the 2 versions and OS's concerning stability issues. I did a fresh (saved my saves first <ver 1.34> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/devil.gif" alt="" />) <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> uninstalled the game, did a scandisk, etc., I just changed my colour depth from 32 bit (I always used this 32 bit setting befor, even under ME) to 16 bit to see if the instablity gets less. Both O.S's have the same driver versions for each device too. I'll check back latter after I played awhile. Was able to restore a crashing saved game ok as well. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/alien.gif" alt="" />