Freaking 1.02 patch for D2 locks me up!

[Caitiff]

I have D2 running on 2 machines. One is running a V32k, the other is running a velocity 100 card. Both worked fine on version 1.00, and they both worked on 1.01. Now, after @%$#@%#$%!@%@^ 1.02 patch, one works fine, but the other gets 'unknown memory handler error' just as soon as you enter a map, single or multiplayer, doesn't matter. I uninstalled D2, re-installed, and it works great on version 1.00 and 1.01, but get the exact same error running 1.02. Telling you what, I've never had this many problems playing a fruit-looping game! I love it, but man! They are so worried that somebody is going to copy a cd or something that it's damn near unplayable half the time! Anyone have any suggestions?