So, I have played over 11 hours of this game and there are three places I can not go, Riften, the river south of Iverstead, and the Dungeon where you find the golden claw. Well not the dungeon but the exit to that dungeon. All three place equal an automatic freeze for me! Not sure why, everywhere else I can go and not have a problem but those three places always lock up. Seems that no matter what the "fixes" are it is simply poorly made for a Window 7 system. Sad really.