Quote Originally Posted by Wingman
My PC specs are:

1.4 GHz Intel Celeron
256 MB of RAM
Radeon 7000 graphics card

Umm… I don’t know what else I could list.

MTW is not blocked by my firewall and the crashes occur even when I’m not online, but I could try shutting it off and see if that works.
Wingman, other info that might help: the operating system (i.e.: Windows9x. 2k, XP Home, etc.) you are using, graphics driver version, DirectX version, which antivirus, firewall, and background utilities you're running, etc.

To isolate a problem like this, you should probably start with the basics: power your machine compltely down, and let it sit for a few minutes. Start it back up, but run no applications other than the game. If it still crashes, shut down the game, and do a thorough scandisk, followed by a defrag. Check WindowsUpdate (if you're running Windows) for any updates, etc. Take your original game CD's and reinstall the game to a different directory (instead of C:\Program Files\Total War\Medieval try loading it to C:\Games\New_Medieval), patch it if needed, and try the new install to see if it still crashes.
If you're running WinXP, you can hit the CTRL-ALT-DEL keys simultaneously to bring up Task Manager - make sure Medieval is the only application running. There are also ways to use Task Manager to shut down unneeded processes, but it gets very detailed - so lets save it for later, if we need it.
Some things I recommend to any one running a Windows PC attached to the internet - for antispyware, download and install Ad-Aware SE Personal v1.06 at http://www.lavasoftusa.com/support/download/, Spybot - Search & Destroy 1.4 at http://www.safer-networking.org/en/download/index.html, plus SpywareBlaster 3.4 at http://www.javacoolsoftware.com/downloads.html. Don't forget to grab the latest definitions file while you're at it. Use a good antivirus package - I'm using Symantec AV Corporate Edition, but then it's free to me from my employer. A good alternative is AVG at http://www.grisoft.com/doc/10/lng/us...dition&plt=win. I also advise using a non-Microsoft browser package - I'm using Mozilla Firefox v1.06, available at http://www.mozilla.org/, but there are other good ones (Opera, Netscape, etc.) out there. And for a personal firewall that doesn't cost anything, you can't beat ZoneAlarm: http://www.zonelabs.com/store/conten...eeDownload.jsp

At any rate, that's enough for now. Post the additional info, if you like, and I'll take a look at it and see if any other suggestions come to mind. Good luck!