Try doing this:
search your computer for Dxdiag, when you find it, run it, and go to the sound tab. lower the acceleration to basic and try running RE3. It worked perfectly that way for me. If it doesn't work, try lowering it to none
Capcom stated that there's an issue the way windows XP handles the sound hardware aceleration that makes the game freeze on the "farewell..." screen. They gave the solution i put above. i will try it right now so good luck
