Welcome to the board, Shaque Nova!!!
Thanks for the update information on the rerelease
Have you tried running the game with the modifications specified in the Tech Tips thread - (great thread put together by some regulars here!) - for running the game on an XP machine?
While there have been complaints about picking up objects in W&W I've never heard of anyone having to pick just the right "pixel". Nor have I heard of the snow effect before. I suppose the older this game gets the more interesting problems will occur.
The underwater passage in the Serpent Temple has been a problem for so many players, generally the best advice is to choose your smallest character and wiggle and gyrate. One member who had got stuck there recently managed to get through! The purpose of the idol is to aquire the Book of Servants which contains the answers needed for the ritual. The answers/responses are posted in the Best Tips thread but seems like you have that problem covered.
Do keep us posted on how your game is going! Hope you can manage to solve that snow problem, that would be annoying!
Wyv