FF7 Crashes during/after first battle

[J Marik]

My FF7 game crashes after the end of the first battle (when it should go to the exp screen) and also if i cast "Bolt" during that battle it will also crash.  
Its a black screen so I can't see what the error message is.

I'm running it with v1.02 with the upside down movie and chocobo patches.

System: Win2k, GeForce 2 with latest drivers, I've also updated DirectX and tried every different setting available in my FFconfig screen.

Someone else had a similar topic posted and they fixed it, so i know it can be fixed, they just didn't say how.

Edit: Also if i use a potion there is no "magic" effect around cloud

[Threesixty]

Win2k? I think you should forget about FF7, until you get WinXP. Or use epsxe and the Playstation version of FF7.

Do you have that compatibility patch loaded from Microsoft?