Severe issue, reinstall windows, unable to minimize game without crash.

[franpa]

hi, just reinstalled windows as it was the easiest way to fix my pc after a virus attack, and i can load the game up fine and dandy, its just that if i minimize the game, it will let me, but if i restore the game, it will crash.

i have not installed my sound card, but everything else is installed and im using 162.18 nvidia video drivers for windows XP.

[franpa]

solution found, install the soundcard. tho this makes me think that others encountering a similar issue but have a soundcard installed, is suffering from the game failing to detect the soundcard.

edit: this is a known issue.