(yet another) XP problem

[Terramantian]

Okay...I don't know if this is related to any of the other bugs, or if it has been addressed before, but I looked over some other threads and didn't see anything about it.
First off, my comp: Athlon xp 1800+, 512 mb DDR ram, Nvidia Geforce 2 64mb (with the original xp drivers).
The problem is that when I run the game, all the units move very slowly. It can take 5-10 minutes for a single turn (Well, it would if I'd let it run that long, I've just been turning animations off) I've tried several of the suggestions here, but nothing has worked. I installed it on a computer running 98 and it ran a lot faster. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.

[Terramantian]

Oh! I got it! To anyone else who might have this problem, download:

http://www.firaxis.com/directx.cpl

and put it in your /windows/system32/ directory
Then, go to the control panel, and go to directX, and force the refresh rate at whatever yours can support (Mine was 85Hz)

PS: The link is courtesy of Dan Magaha, Firaxis. It was taken from another post, I hope you don't mind Oh, and its not an official patch either.