reboot required?

[Bonfleck]

Ahoy,
I'm wondering if anyone here has encountered a problem or combination of drivers that presents the problem of having to restart wimdows everytime I wish to reload SH3? I'm currently juggling Nvidia drivers and dealing with tech support trying to find a combination that will help with stability. (currently running beta version of 169.28 downloaded from Nvidia). SH3 seems to rum stable (knocking on wood) with this and 169.21 but everytime I quit out of the game I have to hit the reset button on my machine in order to load the game again. If I try to restart from the start menu my machine just stalls forever and I finally just hit the reset button. Has anyone experienced this and if so is there a solution? I'm still struggling with updating my Asus m2n32slideluxe drivers and the soundmax audio drivers. (novice at this part ). In the meantime I lost my first boat in career mode yesterday after attempting to sneak into Scapa while conversing with my girlfriend. (huge mistake after 7 patrols) I will have to call it quits and start a new career knowing I botched it. Please send advice my way.
Thanks, B