I posted for help with a problem with MM9 a while back, but unfortunately made a mistake and gave some misleading symptoms. As I realized that, I thought if I reposted with corrected info, someone might be able to help. So here goes:

I recently upgraded to a new PC, but MM9 has a problem running on it. When I load a game (any game), it spends a very long time on the loading screen, and just doesn't move beyond that.

I don't think its an issue with the savegame files, because even when I try to start a new game from scratch, it does exactly the same. That is, it doesn't move beyond the loading page. I tried deleting minisaves and disabling everything in video options, but to no avail.

The video card could be at fault, but I am running the latest driver from nVidia's site.

Anyone else run into this, and is there any solution/workaround. I'd much appreciate any help.

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