When I run EB the game freezes on the title screen, and after about 5 minutes an error message comes up about a problem accessing the sound data (other times this error message will be combined with one about a missing file on a cavalry archer).

I have reinstalled EB three times, re-downloaded it twice (from two differant mirrors), and reinstalled RTW and all the patches.

The installation of EB takes a surprisingly long time, usually half an hour to 45 minutes (far longer then it takes to install RTW).

Any help here?