I've given up trying to fix this game.
Having trawled the forums and applied all the suggested fixes still nothing works. You name it .. drivers, patches, start up files, codecs.
No matter what I've tried the game just freezes at random times. I've been looking for a solution now for 2 weeks .
I'm not prepared to play a game that is liable to crash every 20 minutes or so.
It's just a straight original copy that I've bought and installed form the box with no mods, expansions or anything else.
I'm quite a patient person and understand that PC games, due to their very nature, need tweaking at times to get full functionality.
I have never experienced a game that I couldn't get to work satisfactorily on my PC after a little time spent researching on forums.
I'm afraid that Bethesda are the first.
Sorry about this as the game is great when it works ... it's just let down by a lazy developer.
Last time I buy a Bethesda game, they should stick to consoles as they obviously can't be bothered to play test their software for the PC market.
Yours sincerely,
'A most disgruntled svcker, who shouldn't have parted with his cash'.