Black screen on launch, then drops to minimized

After launching, the game sits at a black screen for about 30 seconds, then returns to windows minimized. I cannot launch the minimized window, but I will get audio stuttering.

Windows XP SP2
2 GB RAM
NVIDIA GFORCE 7950 GT (latest drivers)
Latest Windows Updates and Direct X

I have patched the game, uninstalled and reinstalled with no change.

(Fortunately it runs fine on my Vista system. Go figure.)

I hope others are seeing this, and even better, I hope someone has a workaround.
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