but didn't really find anything mentioning "freeze"
I'll try againI already have DirectX 9.0
I've uninstalled it and reinstalled it.
When I tried changing the directx controls, the game ran normally - for about 5 seconds. (By far the longest to date)
Then it went right back to the freezing up. :-(
I'll mention that there doesn't appear to be any graphical problems - the screens and graphics appear quite normal.
The screen just suddenly freezes for maybe 10 seconds, and then runs for a second, and freezes up again (though the game clock appears to still be running, since it advances each time it starts running)