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Issue with Dual Core CPUs

So, many of you may or may not know this, but apparently this game has an issue running on dual core processors. This is regardless of whether you set it to run on only one core or not.
I've emailed LucasArts Tech Support yet again about this, since their last reply (to ...

Thanks for the reply Mr. Sir. I'm running an AMD Athlon Dual Core 3800+ cpu with a Gigabyte K8 Triton mobo and a gig of ram. My vid card is a Geforce 6600.
One of the first things I did was go with all the trimmings as low as possible (800 x 600 resolution, etc.) and it still won't work.
My problem ...

still no dice

I'm getting close to chucking this game out the window...but I really, really want to play it!
So after two emails to Lucas Arts I finally got a reply to update the drivers on my AMD Athlon 64 Dual Core 3800+.

For some reason, this isn't working like updating the drivers on a vid ...

no dice

Tried reinstalling the game...same issue.
Tried downloading the drivers specified in the troubleshooting guide (Forceware 66.93)...that was just plain bad. This driver is over a year old and didn't fix the menu issue I was having and caused all manner of issues in other games I have.
I'm ...

When I first launch the game I can see the splash screen with the three bad guys and I can move my mouse around and I hear the clicking sound that happens when you mouse over buttons in the opening menu, but I can't see the actual menu. I can click buttons and it takes me to whatever I clicked on ...

I'm about to head off into the Fell Wood for ever and ever and I can't find anyone who might have this poor ghosts favorite drinking horn in Chapter 3. I think the shifty salesman (Nym) has it but it's not in his inventory and he won't talk about anything but business. Give a poor bard a hand?