This can be closed. I cleaned up old versions of codecs, drivers, and ran some other registry cleaning utilities, and now everything loads up great!

Thanks again everyone for all of your help!

<t> I don't know why any of my codecs would be messed up, I have no other issues with any other apps or games on the computer at all. All drivers for my board, and cards are up to date. Uninstalled Nero since it is easy to reinstall anyway, and still no sound.<br/>
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I will keep poking around ...

Thanks for the input, it is the sound directory that is causing issues.

I have tried adjusting the acceleration of the sound to no avail. Any ideas?

Thanks again

<r> Hello all, recently received my new purchase of WITP, and went to play it without luck.<br/>
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I installed the two patches to upgrade my 1.80 to 1.804 and then to 1.806.<br/>
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When I run the game I do not get past the screen saying "Your Files are being organized sir" - the red bar ...