Good Mods?

[Spartan198]

My version is definitely RTW 1.5 / BI 1.6,that I know for sure. The problem I'm having now (which I've posted in the hard- and software-related threads (which I hope is the right area) is that I'm trying to put a fresh install in,but the system tells me that a previous install is already present. I'd installed ATG's Spartan Pack with the intention of adding a Realistic Hoplites & Phalangists patch after that,then when I checked to see if my selected skin had been installed,it said "Mercenary X-Pack" in the lower right corner of the menu,and the troop rosters for several factions were complete reskins that I'd seen in SPQR screenshots.
I'm thinking that,all this time,the problem wasn't the mods,but that the game wasn't uninstalling correctly and the mods themselves were overwriting eachother,which I know will result in CTD.

I've learned a lot from you guys and gals here on the .Org.

I am running Vista and have RTW Gold out of the Eras box set,which has RTW & BI on one disk,but it's never downgraded.

And if all else fails and I don't find any kind of fix here,I'm still paying on my notebook at Rent-A-Center and can wipe the harddrive and tell them that it crashed and get a new one (deception: a tactic I learned in RTW).