Well, it actually made my game so I can't play it at all now.
The 'navigating the menu' problem is there all the time since applying the patch, at least before I could play once before having to reboot.
Just to re-iterate, I had no problems running this game under XP.
I actually was enjoying this game just as much as HL2 & Bioshock, perhaps even more so.
I got about 75% of the way through and kinda got stuck trying to save some commander from freezing to death though.
Couple that with the problem running it in Vista and I've abandoned the game for now.
I will hang on to the game and when this system works it's way down to system # 2 and these components are working with XP Pro I will revisit it and finish it.
Or, alternatively, all I need to do is put an 8800GT in machine # 2 which has XP and I could play it.
Whatever, I will return to this game cos it's good but for now I'm uninstalling it (I do have all my saved games backed up).
Two biggest (and only come to think of it) disappointments in Vista - Crysis not working properly and Creative Sound card problems.
Oh, and it would have been nice if TOCA Race car 3 had worked.
I do prefer PC Games but sometimes think about X-Box and Playstation where for the most part, all old games are playable.
Not so with Windows, every upgrade makes a lot of our older games unplayable.