I've searched the forum and found the couple of patches that are out there, but when I tried to install them and unzip them, I didn't get the desired results. I recall someone posting a step-by-step installation/patch for U4, and I followed that with total success. However, I cannot find a similar guide for U3. I'm not what anyone would call computer literate when it comes to these types of things, so if someone can don the "kid gloves" and walk me through patching my U3, I'd be most grateful!

Ultima games with no music is like a pizza with just the dough. Blah!

easiest way to install patchesand upgrades for the Ultima games is to use Pix's Ultima patcher
http://www.pixsoriginadventures.co.uk/category/ultima-patcher/

it has all the current patches and upgrades for the ultima games in one easy to use program