That's neat, I'll try it out. I spent a bundle ordering the deluxe editon, sealed with all the trimmings, only to find out I couldn't play the game and having to order the DOS version. This'll be a good chance to see what differences if any have been made (the DOS version has a couple of bugs, like the CCN entries for the Kindred, CIS and Avuncular Order of Hom not showing up).
The aforementioned solution didn't work for me at all, but I managed to get the game running in W7 in a much more mundane way: install, click, and run. Yes, it was really that simple. There's still the problem of game speed, though, which is not solved by applying that ancient speed patch.