Can't play the game; freezes on startup

[SadPanda]

I've been playing a bunch of games with little to no issues. This is the only game that I am unable to play. Anyway, the artifacts have gone away now. I don't recall what I changed to make them show up or go away.

And yes, the hpl.log has not changed.

I tried uninstalling AI Suite II, which includes TurboV, but it is still not working.