For everyone having problems running the game (wont get past tavern keepers first sentance but he keeps walking). The problem is that we have decent CPU's. Unlike the rest of these peons who not only game in the past but have computer systems that BELONG in the past, we have modern systems and like to play MODERN games as well.
"press the windows key" it doesnt work. "you have to press it multiple times!" .... *dirty word* muppet.
Get a cpu slowdown utility like
cpukiller3 I found 50% to work best on my AMD64 3200+. A good guide is the speed at which you are able to reliably alt-tab the game (start at 30% slowdown and work your way up till the game runs as smooth as possible whilst maintaining alt-tab ability).
Note: if the game takes ages for the screen to brighten at the start the cpu is either well to slow or not slow enough.