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Originally posted by LLB:
Sylvius,
As near as we can figure, there's a program running in background on newer Dell machines that causes this crash.  The work-around seems to be to wait about 30 minutes after boot-up to start SE IV.  Then it seems to work, although I don't think anybody knows why.  You didn't say whether your ME machine was a Dell, but even if it isn't the work-around may be worth a try.  Hope this helps. 
I have the same problem with my DELL 8100
Desktop, delivered in September 2001.
I also have a similar problem with COMBAT MISSION,
where the "fast forward" button does not work,
but it also seems to go away in 1 hour too...