Wow! spanian77's method actually worked for me! Delete these two things from Skyrim.ini uLockedObjectMapLOD=8 uLockedTerrainLOD=16 The values were different for me, but I was able to easily load two areas that had been giving me trouble once they were gone. Of course, I don't know if this is a temporary fix or what, since I jumped on here to post my results the second it worked. :o)