omg I had a similar problem – whenever I’d go to the maid’s cart, It would give me an error, I clicked OK and it came up again. I kept clicking it away. I think I used VDMS. I forget what error it was.
Try looking at Al Lowe’s website:
http://www.allowe.com/Larry/troubleshooting.htm
You might need to change some things in the Resource.win file. (??) Sorry, I wish I could be more help, it’s been a while since I played it.