Frequent PC crashes

[letotse]

I can't even get out of the 1st area without crashing;

OS: Vista 32bit Home Premium
Processor: Intel Core 2 6600 - 2.4 GHz
Memory: 3070 MB

Display
Video Card: ATI Radeon HD 4850x2
Video Memory: 1785 MB
Driver Date: 12/11/09 Cat 10.1

Sound
Sound Card Creative SB XiFi
Driver Date 10/8/08

EventData

BioShock2.exe
1.0.0.1
4b6c7eeb
MSVCR80.dll
8.0.50727.4053
4a594c79
c0000005
000173d0
1560
01caac6d8bf4f6dd

[doomed]

Update Audio card drivers, disable crossfire, uninstall all microsoft vc++ runtime libraries and install those that are on the dvd (G:\Support\Redist)

[landaishan]

"uninstall all microsoft vc++ runtime libraries and install those that are on the dvd (G:\Support\Redist)"

this may help