You could try using the 9.6 patch?
If not then update video drivers, motherboard drivers, sound drivers.
Sometimes if you click your mouse too fast in setup the game crashes, maybe that?
There was another thing:
ONLY if you have a VIA chipset motherboard. If you don't know then don't try it.
Try the suggestion from
driver1 in this thread
here.
ONLY if you have a VIA chipset motherboard. If you don't know then don't try it.
Baz