My FF7 crashes to desktop when I try to boot up

[Bobarone]

Okay, long story.
I have a laptop with a Mobility Radeon 9000, XP SP2, all that good stuff.  Very current.  Anyway, I tried to install FF7, and, after long, agonizing, cold, lonely nights, I FINALLY managed to get it to work (with the evil Animevamp patch   )  But, being the genius that I am, I attempted to fix it, seeing as how it was so very broken.  When I finished royally screwing everything up, I uninstalled everything (including the evil patch), and hoped that I can do everything over again.  After installing all the patches I remember I have to, and looking around to see if I had forgotten any, I try to start up.  Lo and behold, the Eidos intro starts, music and everything, and doesn't really finish because the game "has encountered a problem and needs to close".
Tried everything I can think of, but I know I must have missed something because I managed to get it working before didn't I?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks in advance.

[Otokoshi]

First, use the official 1.02 patch located here.  Second, try using different compatability modes.  Most people I have found got it running ok on the Windows 98/ME setting.

[Bobarone]

Sorry, that didn't help.  Just to humor you, I even uninstalled the game and applied the patch again (just in case I had done something that would conflict) but to no avail.
For some stupid reason, I was not clear in my first post.  I cannot actually see the logo, just hear it.  As the logo sound finishes, or just before it does, it repeats like a broken record a couple of times, and then I get the "FF7 has to close etc."
It seems that I have an interesting case.  I can find few other people who have my problem, and those that do either have it solved in ways I have already tried or cannot solve it at all.

[EmperorSteele]

Did you install DirectShow?

[Bobarone]

Yes, but that isn't it.  Still fails to progress past the logo.  The movies work fine when I run them off the CD (not even upside-down ) but it just won't go when I try to run the exe.  I am starting to think that the problem isn't movie related at all... but my CDs have no scratches or anything...