Another thing: I had a EB 1.0 game up and running, playing as Carthage. It worked nicely and I could load the campaign (both new and saved) without any problems.

Then I got a bit bored with it and didn't touch it for weeks. Afterwards, when I tried to load the campaign again, it displayed the exact same crash behaviour as I'm experiencing now with my new EB 1.1 installation.

This leads me to believe it may be an issue with an automatic update of Vista 64 bit, my anti-virus system, or whatever else updates itself automatically. Because that (and updated graphics drivers) are the only things that have changed between an installation that worked and one that doesn't.

On the other hand: If that's true, then where are all the Vista 64 owners foaming at their mouth in rage and frustration? Playing Crysis?

cheers/EoE