If you are experiencing this issue, there are a few step's I've found that can help resolve it. The first is to go to the location your totem tribe gold is installed, right click the application and go to properties, and then in the compatibility tab select "Disable fullscreen optimizations" and select "Compatibility mode". Windows 7 did the trick for me. Happy gaming!
p.s. My game was still crashing while trying to enter the level I was already playing. Making a new account, entering the tutorial island and ensuring that worked, and then going back to my main account fixed this.