nobody

thanks so much for the reply. that music was interfering through the entire startup process. i'm thinking that the task bar problem is a peculiarty of my machine as it did the same thing when i ran civ3. i installed the patch as soon as it was released. in fact, now that i think about it, it didn't do this till AFTER i installed the patch. curiouser and curiouser.

i work in 800X680. if i don't reset the graphics to 1024 before i start the game i get my start bar across the middle of the screen. also, when i do start the game and click on play campaign, nothing happens until the music stops. can i disable the startup music?