Problems with new patch

[Rasit]

After I installed the latest patch (3.06) I have started to have some strange problems.

Suddenly when I am playing the interface, the commander sprites and the army sprites disappear. Everything that is left is the map and the brow background. If I press escape I get the gray background with a hand and nothing else.

The game was working before (3.04) and this started happening once I installed 3.06.

• I have reinstalled several times, and I have removed the dominions folder.
• I have tried to patch directly to 3.06 and tried to patch to 3.04 and then to 3.06, neither helped.
• I have triple checked the serial, I even had two friends confirm it.
• No driver was update in the last week.
• I have checked the standard points of failure (faulty ram, driver conflicts etc) but nothing erroneous was found.

Specs.
CPU: AMD 64 4000. AMD drivers installed.
GPU: GeForce 7950. Latest official drivers (93.71).
RAM: 4096, Physical Address Extension is active.
OS: XP sp2, fully patched.
Sound card: Motherboard onboard card, latest drivers.


Have anyone any suggestions or should I just shelve the game while waiting for a new patch?