Sapien crashes

[Echo Ranger 449]

here was the debug report for my last crash:

12.29.07 09:20:01 sapien pc 01.00.00.0609 ----------------------------------------------
12.29.07 09:20:01 reference function: _write_to_error_file
12.29.07 09:20:01 reference address: 401b13
12.29.07 09:20:01 Couldn't read map file './sapienbeta.map'
12.29.07 09:20:01 CreateDevice succeeded with refresh rate = 0
12.29.07 09:20:01 Sound card doesn't meet minimum hardware requirements. Disabling hardware option.
12.29.07 09:20:01 EAX: 0xFFFFFFFE
12.29.07 09:20:01 EBX: 0x00BD4E01
12.29.07 09:20:01 ECX: 0x0012F1C8
12.29.07 09:20:01 EDX: 0x000002CC
12.29.07 09:20:01 EDI: 0x0012F1C8
12.29.07 09:20:01 ESI: 0x00000000
12.29.07 09:20:01 EBP: 0x0012F0A0
12.29.07 09:20:01 ESP: 0x0012F090
12.29.07 09:20:01 EIP: 0x7C90EB94, C3 8D A4 24 ?????
12.29.07 09:20:01 EXCEPTION halt in .\editor_persist.cpp,#392: pos+buffer_size<=size

I'd also like to note that last night I was able to load maps multiple times. I did shut down my computer though.

The map loads, but as soon as every window shows up on screen, after everything is loaded, then it just crashes. Sound maybe?

>>>Edit: I got it to run for 0.5 seconds- I heard sound. So that can't be the reason

>>>Edit: Awesome- I just swapped the compatibility mode to windows 98. Now it works!

>>>Edit: can't compile scripts though! Does anyone have a solution?