I don't know if I'm the only one having a problem with this, but here goes.
The game runs fine, the sound is good, and the video is great...but whenever I click on save or restore, the game crashes. Has anyone else had this problem?

Yep, XP mode in Virtual PC worked for me as well, so at least you are able to play and save until it's fixed for Win7/Vista.

I was under the impression that xp compatibility mode on win 7 was the solution.
There's no way I'm letting any virtual pc near my system:P

Yeah, but I'd rather not use a virtual box to play. The point of GoG is also to allow me to run classic games natively on modern PCs, so I will also hold off until it is fixed...
I wish someone from GoG would at least acknowledge this, or send me an email back... or something... just so I know that they know what's going on....

No, XP mode, the XP Professional image (with license) that users with 7 Ultimate or Pro can get for free from microsoft., and yes, it uses VPC
It's a no hassle download/install process and works really well. You even get shortcuts to the apps you install on the XP VM on your W7 start menu.
Don't know what your problem with Virtual Pc is, but i've been running a Windows 98SE VM with it on one of my XP desktops and never had any problems with it, and i was able to play many games on it that absolutely refused to work on XP.
XP mode for Win 7 is even more polished. It works equally well and it has the nice shortcuts and folders on the host OS to the stuff installed on the guest OS.
Edit: Mind you, this is a just an option untill gog does its thing, like eveybody else on this thread i also want a proper fix.

Ah, WIn7 Pro user here, completely forgot about downloading / installing XP mode. WIsh they would've bundled it, but hey, as good a time as any to grab it. Thanks for the idea!

But they guarantee compatibility on Vista... which has the exact same issue.

Did not know that.
At any rate, I'm using VirtualBox and the copy of XP I have lying around to get around this issue. In the process of installing XP now.

GOG already employs virtual boxes to run games, especially older DOS titles (using DOSBox, for example). The idea of running older games "natively" is a bit odd in that for any significantly older game to function properly its various instructions need to be processed through one compatibility layer or another - some are just more obvious / extensive. What GOG generally does is acquire licenses and bundle apps with the appropriate technology to run them under a modern OS using compatibility tools like interpreters and virtual boxes; there are seldom actual recompiles here.
That said, the beauty of GOG (beyond the licenses and game availability) is that the work is always done for you, and all you need to do is double-click the game to launch it. Hopefully we'll see some movement on the BIT issue this week; I'm lucky I ended up with Win 7 Pro or I'd be SOL too.

Saving and loading works just fine for me here on Vista64. I did a normal install to the default directory.
However, I have turned Aero completely off and am using the "Windows Standard" Theme. I guess that helps. You can change this by:
Right Click on Desktop -> "Personalize" -> "Window Color and Appearance" -> "Open classic appearance properties for more color options" -> "Windows Standard"
Edit: Hmm, that's not it, because when I turn Aero on the game runs, restores and saves just fine.
Other things I have done to my Vista (I play lots of old games and do some coding and all of the following make life easier but also less safe, so don't try this unless you know exactly what you are doing):
-I have administrator rights
-I have turned UAC completely off
-I took ownership of the "Program Files (x86)" folder
-I am using "Test Mode" (probably unrelated to this game)
Just checking: Do you have the following things checked in the Compatibility tab for the shortcut:
-Run this Program in compatibility mode for Windows95
-Run in 640x480 screen resolution
-Disable visual themes
-Disable desktop composition

All of these things are checked on my vista laptop (and WIn 7, but for apples-to-apples comparisons let's just forget that for now) with no luck. I'm still pretty wedded to our earlier conclusion that the crash is caused by the director application trying to call up an old-timey open/save dialog box, but I confess I'm at a loss as to why it works for you :(

Yeah, it's pretty bizzare. I definitely get a standard Windows 95 style open/save dialog box, NOT a Vista style one. Perhaps this is an optional dynamic library on Vista and not all installs come with it or there are variations of that file? But then it should be possible to locate the necessary file.
I'm not really familiar how Windows handles dialog boxes. I hope they are just dynamic libraries.
I'll try it with process explorer this evening, if dialog boxes are indeed handled as dynamic libraries I can then tell you the name of the called library, that should help.
If not, is there a debugger that shows system calls like that?
Edit: Ha, it seems they are indeed DLLs:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_API
In that case a fix should be very easy, just place a copy of a DLL (from a Vista version that works) in the same folder as the game executable. Of course this means sharing a copy of a copyrighted Microsoft software, which is not exactly legal...

Huh. If the dialogue box is indeed the issue, then you shouldn't even need that dll. Find the new dll, and have the game reference that instead!
I don't think its changeable without access to source code.

Okay, here is the output from process explorer:
I bolded the "Common Dialog Box Libraries"
(Wikipedia: Provides applications the standard dialog boxes for opening and saving files, choosing color and font, etc. The library resides in a file called commdlg.dll on 16-bit Windows, and comdlg32.dll on 32-bit Windows. It is grouped under the User Interface category of the API.)
All the DLLs (and their versions and locations) that the game calls, the fields are:
Name Description Company Name Version Path
tiptsf.dll Tablet PC Input Panel Text Services Framework Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Program Files (x86)\Common Files\microsoft shared\ink\tiptsf.dll
BIT2432.EXE Buried in Time for Windows 95 Presto Studios, Inc. 1.0.0.0 C:\Program Files (x86)\GOG.com\Journeyman Project - Buried in Time\BIT2432.EXE
BIT24L32.DLL 24 Bit Resource Library Presto Studios 1.0.0.0 C:\Program Files (x86)\GOG.com\Journeyman Project - Buried in Time\BIT24L32.DLL
WAIL32.dll C:\Program Files (x86)\GOG.com\Journeyman Project - Buried in Time\WAIL32.dll
AcGenral.DLL Windows Compatibility DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18244 C:\Windows\AppPatch\AcGenral.DLL
AcLayers.DLL Windows Compatibility DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18244 C:\Windows\AppPatch\AcLayers.DLL
R000000000009.clb C:\Windows\Registration\R000000000009.clb
locale.nls C:\Windows\System32\locale.nls
locale.nls C:\Windows\System32\locale.nls
ntdll.dll NT Layer DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\system32\ntdll.dll
wow64.dll Win32 Emulation on NT64 Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\system32\wow64.dll
wow64cpu.dll AMD64 Wow64 CPU Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\system32\wow64cpu.dll
wow64win.dll Wow64 Console and Win32 API Logging Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\system32\wow64win.dll
actxprxy.dll ActiveX Interface Marshaling Library Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6001.18000 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\actxprxy.dll
ADVAPI32.dll Advanced Windows 32 Base API Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\syswow64\ADVAPI32.dll
apphelp.dll Application Compatibility Client Library Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\apphelp.dll
audiodev.dll Portable Media Devices Shell Extension Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6001.18000 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\audiodev.dll
audioeng.dll Audio Engine Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\audioeng.dll
AUDIOSES.DLL Audio Session Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AUDIOSES.DLL
AVIFIL32.dll Microsoft AVI File support library Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18158 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AVIFIL32.dll
AVRT.dll Multimedia Realtime Runtime Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6001.18000 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\AVRT.dll
browseui.dll Shell Browser UI Library Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\browseui.dll
CLBCatQ.DLL COM+ Configuration Catalog Microsoft Corporation 2001.12.6931.18000 C:\Windows\syswow64\CLBCatQ.DLL
comdlg32.dll Common Dialogs DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\syswow64\comdlg32.dll
CRYPT32.dll Crypto API32 Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\CRYPT32.dll
cscapi.dll Offline Files Win32 API Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\cscapi.dll
davclnt.dll Web DAV Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\davclnt.dll
drprov.dll Microsoft Terminal Server Network Provider Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6000.16386 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\drprov.dll
DUser.dll Windows DirectUser Engine Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6001.18000 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\DUser.dll
dwmapi.dll Microsoft Desktop Window Manager API Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6001.18000 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\dwmapi.dll
EhStorAPI.dll Windows Enhanced Storage API Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\EhStorAPI.dll
EhStorShell.dll Windows Enhanced Storage Shell Extension Microsoft Corporation 5.2.3790.1830 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\EhStorShell.dll
avifil32.dll.mui Microsoft AVI File support library Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6000.16386 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\en-US\avifil32.dll.mui
comdlg32.dll.mui Common Dialogs DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6000.16386 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\en-US\comdlg32.dll.mui
crypt32.dll.mui Crypto API32 Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6000.16386 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\en-US\crypt32.dll.mui
kernel32.dll.mui Windows NT BASE API Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6001.18000 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\en-US\kernel32.dll.mui
MMDevAPI.dll.mui MMDevice API Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6000.16386 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\en-US\MMDevAPI.dll.mui
mpr.dll.mui Multiple Provider Router DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6000.16386 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\en-US\mpr.dll.mui
msctf.dll.mui MSCTF Server DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6000.16386 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\en-US\msctf.dll.mui
msvfw32.dll.mui Microsoft Video for Windows DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6000.16386 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\en-US\msvfw32.dll.mui
propsys.dll.mui Microsoft Property System Microsoft Corporation 7.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\en-US\propsys.dll.mui
setupapi.dll.mui Windows Setup API Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6001.18000 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\en-US\setupapi.dll.mui
shell32.dll.mui Windows Shell Common Dll Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6001.18000 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\en-US\shell32.dll.mui
user32.dll.mui Multi-User Windows USER API Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6001.18000 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\en-US\user32.dll.mui
wdmaud.drv.mui Winmm audio system driver Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6000.16386 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\en-US\wdmaud.drv.mui
GDI32.dll GDI Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\syswow64\GDI32.dll
ieframe.dll Internet Explorer Microsoft Corporation 8.0.6001.18928 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ieframe.dll
iertutil.dll Run time utility for Internet Explorer Microsoft Corporation 8.0.6001.18928 C:\Windows\syswow64\iertutil.dll
imagehlp.dll Windows NT Image Helper Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6001.18000 C:\Windows\syswow64\imagehlp.dll
IMM32.DLL Multi-User Windows IMM32 API Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\IMM32.DLL
kernel32.dll Windows NT BASE API Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\syswow64\kernel32.dll
ksuser.dll User CSA Library Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6000.16386 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ksuser.dll
LPK.DLL Language Pack Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\syswow64\LPK.DLL
midimap.dll Microsoft MIDI Mapper Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\midimap.dll
MMDevAPI.DLL MMDevice API Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MMDevAPI.DLL
MPR.dll Multiple Provider Router DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MPR.dll
MSACM32.dll Microsoft ACM Audio Filter Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6001.18000 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MSACM32.dll
msacm32.drv Microsoft Sound Mapper Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msacm32.drv
MSASN1.dll ASN.1 Runtime APIs Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18106 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MSASN1.dll
MSCTF.dll MSCTF Server DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\syswow64\MSCTF.dll
msi.dll Windows Installer Microsoft Corporation 4.5.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msi.dll
msiltcfg.dll Windows Installer Configuration API Stub Microsoft Corporation 4.0.6000.16386 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msiltcfg.dll
msshsq.dll Structured Query Microsoft Corporation 7.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\msshsq.dll
msvcrt.dll Windows NT CRT DLL Microsoft Corporation 7.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\syswow64\msvcrt.dll
MSVFW32.dll Microsoft Video for Windows DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18158 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\MSVFW32.dll
NETAPI32.dll Net Win32 API DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NETAPI32.dll
NSI.dll NSI User-mode interface DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6001.18000 C:\Windows\syswow64\NSI.dll
ntdll.dll NT Layer DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntdll.dll
ntlanman.dll Microsoft� Lan Manager Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6001.18000 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntlanman.dll
NTMARTA.DLL Windows NT MARTA provider Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\NTMARTA.DLL
ntshrui.dll Shell extensions for sharing Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6001.18000 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ntshrui.dll
ole32.dll Microsoft OLE for Windows Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\syswow64\ole32.dll
OLEACC.dll Active Accessibility Core Component Microsoft Corporation 7.0.6002.18155 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\OLEACC.dll
oleaccrc.dll Active Accessibility Resource DLL Microsoft Corporation 7.0.6002.18155 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\oleaccrc.dll
OLEAUT32.dll Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\syswow64\OLEAUT32.dll
PortableDeviceApi.dll Windows Portable Device API Components Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18112 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PortableDeviceApi.dll
PROPSYS.dll Microsoft Property System Microsoft Corporation 7.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\PROPSYS.dll
PSAPI.DLL Process Status Helper Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6000.16386 C:\Windows\syswow64\PSAPI.DLL
RPCRT4.dll Remote Procedure Call Runtime Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18024 C:\Windows\syswow64\RPCRT4.dll
rsaenh.dll Microsoft Enhanced Cryptographic Provider Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\rsaenh.dll
SAMLIB.dll SAM Library DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SAMLIB.dll
Secur32.dll Security Support Provider Interface Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18051 C:\Windows\syswow64\Secur32.dll
SETUPAPI.dll Windows Setup API Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\syswow64\SETUPAPI.dll
sfc.dll Windows File Protection Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6000.16386 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sfc.dll
sfc_os.dll Windows File Protection Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6001.18000 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\sfc_os.dll
SHDOCVW.dll Shell Doc Object and Control Library Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SHDOCVW.dll
SHELL32.dll Windows Shell Common Dll Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\syswow64\SHELL32.dll
ShimEng.dll Shim Engine DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6000.16386 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\ShimEng.dll
SHLWAPI.dll Shell Light-weight Utility Library Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\syswow64\SHLWAPI.dll
SHUNIMPL.dll Windows Shell Obsolete APIs Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6000.16386 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\SHUNIMPL.dll
slc.dll Software Licensing Client Dll Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\slc.dll
thumbcache.dll Microsoft Thumbnail Cache Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6001.18000 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\thumbcache.dll
urlmon.dll OLE32 Extensions for Win32 Microsoft Corporation 8.0.6001.18928 C:\Windows\syswow64\urlmon.dll
USER32.dll Multi-User Windows USER API Client DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\syswow64\USER32.dll
USERENV.dll Userenv Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\USERENV.dll
USP10.dll Uniscribe Unicode script processor Microsoft Corporation 1.626.6002.18005 C:\Windows\syswow64\USP10.dll
UxTheme.dll Microsoft UxTheme Library Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6001.18000 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\UxTheme.dll
VERSION.dll Version Checking and File Installation Libraries Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\VERSION.dll
wdmaud.drv Winmm audio system driver Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wdmaud.drv
WindowsCodecs.dll Microsoft Windows Codecs Library Microsoft Corporation 7.0.6002.18107 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WindowsCodecs.dll
WINMM.dll MCI API DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WINMM.dll
WINSPOOL.DRV Windows Spooler Driver Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18087 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WINSPOOL.DRV
WINTRUST.dll Microsoft Trust Verification APIs Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18169 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WINTRUST.dll
WLDAP32.dll Win32 LDAP API DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18005 C:\Windows\syswow64\WLDAP32.dll
WMASF.DLL Windows Media ASF DLL Microsoft Corporation 11.0.6001.7000 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WMASF.DLL
WMVCore.DLL Windows Media Playback/Authoring DLL Microsoft Corporation 11.0.6002.18049 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\WMVCore.DLL
wpdshext.dll Portable Devices Shell Extension Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6002.18112 C:\Windows\SysWOW64\wpdshext.dll
WS2_32.dll Windows Socket 2.0 32-Bit DLL Microsoft Corporation 6.0.6001.18000 C:\Windows\syswow64\WS2_32.dll
COMCTL32.dll User Experience Controls Library Microsoft Corporation 5.82.6001.18000 C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_5.82.6001 .18000_none_886786f450a74a05\COMCTL32.dll
comctl32.dll User Experience Controls Library Microsoft Corporation 6.10.6002.18005 C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.windows.common-controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.6002. 18005_none_5cb72f96088b0de0\comctl32.dll
gdiplus.dll Microsoft GDI+ Microsoft Corporation 5.2.6002.18005 C:\Windows\WinSxS\x86_microsoft.windows.gdiplus_6595b64144ccf1df_1.0.6002.18005_non e_9e50b396ca17ae07\gdiplus.dll

Good legwork on that! Sadly, we should all have the commdlg.dll file; I know I do, and alas, nothing. BIT, what are you doing?!