"There are a couple files sitting around my BCM directory: 0000049.016 and 00000409.256, which are 151kb and 302kb respectibly." They seem to be a result of patching BCM. Same on my system. "Was Running these TSRs: ICQ, GetRight, Windows Messenger, and Norton Antivirus (enabled). I had tried terminating these before in order to try and salvage an already once restored save game that wasn't working, but no luck." Betcha I already know the answer to this. DO NOT RUN THEM