[RSGodfrey2005]

I was experiencing freezes when starting a career even after using FSAUTOSTART with up to date video and audio drivers.

The following seems to have fixed it:

go to control panel : Sounds and Audio devices
select the audio tab
in midi music playback select Microsoft GS wavetable SW synth

and thats it.

Avoiding channelling music through SB seems to do the trick

Hope this helps someone

Richard