Vista sucks. FOUR times I have tried to download EB 1.1 to no avail. Uninstall, re-install x4. I kept it out of the "files" folder as recommended. I installed it in the following line:

(C:) > Users > ilDuce > RTW

EB loads music and all, I click on new campaign but then I hear an ominous "ping" and after 10 minutes or so my start screen re-appears with an EB icon in the toolbar at the bottom of my screen with "protection error" icon next to it. Clicking on either icon just makes them disappear.

When I check "all programs" (Windows icon, lower left hand corner) I notice that I have two folders one says Total War, it contains my vanilla copy. Another folder contains EB. Could this be the problem, shouldn't EB be contained within the Total War folder?

Previous installs in my program folders of course failed. Getting XP is not an option for me. Help...