Oddly enough, after updating my soundcard drivers, doing a simple revolution of msconfig start up progs and eliminating all background resident programs, I was able to enjoy a nice two and half hour session of the game completely freeze-free. So that's a good sign. [img]smile.gif[/img]
Freezing isn't as common as the dreaded CTD's according to other game forums I searched, so I hope I don't cop too many of those...but I suppose with a game of this magnitude, its almost inevitable to suffer something.
But yeah, have no doubt that I'm pretty intimately connected with Quicksave by now.
(F5?)