Problem with Menu and Load Times

[Morgoth]

Originally Posted by JJMicromegas

A sincere thanks, I'll give it a try tonight.

One other small point,it may even be simply your codec's are out of date,go to this site for some free ones,i suggest the Kazzaa lite codecs,myself,i run them & have no problems with them.

http://www.free-codecs.com/

[JJMicromegas]

So I found the problem at last, it is what you stated however not exactly. For anyone that has an HP computer, HP has specific applications that create this problem. Basically you have to disable the following Processes from the Task Manager:
HBKAPP
QService
QCTLR

(not the exact spelling but something along those lines).

Problem fixed, spread the word if there are other HP comps out there. Also this seems to be a problem only with games made outside of North America and the UK, games not specifically targeting the NA market perhaps don't take these processes into account, maybe HP isn't big over seas.