Immediate CTD upon Load

[c.mark]

Hello - I've been having some trouble trying to get EB 1.2 to work on my computer. I've installed the 1.2 permanent fixes and followed all of the troubleshooting tips I could find.

The problem: when I load EB, either through "EB Single Player" or "Rome - Total War -eb:mod etc" the windowed RTW screen shows up and then the EB screen. After about a minute it crashes to the desktop and closes. This has happened 10x consecutively. I tried running the TrivialScript as well and it says Row: 0 Description failed to open file. Perhaps this is related?

I have: installed the 1.2 permanent fixes, reinstalled RTW to C:\Games\Rome - Total War and EB to the same folder, appended the end of the RTW executable to have the eb:mod etc. ending, closed all background programs including the firewall.

My computer: XP, dual 3.0 processors, Nvidia Geforce 9800, 4 gb ram

You don't have an original installation; There are changes to files, or some are missing.
However, these may be conscious changes you have made, to remod EB. See below for details.
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Changed file: .\data\credits.txt (expected checksum 632aad51f3a61c5da34140e4fa28800b, got b0a7954002857cc32e253a5e08b5c194)
Changed file: .\data\export_descr_advice.txt (expected checksum f29c56a6d711e3ebb70b855365500de8, got 97794093b86abe2d5ebab1920b9c3363)
Changed file: .\data\fmv\atvi_spinning_logo_640x480.wmv (expected checksum 7e15895ba7a723535f55e4deb91c085b, got e9ac1729af2fdeffe8365a567cd76b23)
Changed file: .\data\menu\splash.tga (expected checksum a57cc84af0e6c1300577336f17e0bfd6, got d1329cf835f69e6dff4b4cc0cb08d144)
Changed file: .\eb\data\descr_battle_map_lighting_and_fog_control.txt (expected checksum cb93a428e536cfa294ff85bf1d9ceca1, got 23942befd1eebbd7b829f750745c3081)
Changed file: .\eb\data\descr_model_battle.txt (expected checksum 62d3d0f9b2618ec123ffb7245dca012c, got c9610c6b5b59b2bcf6433a1fb657de80)
Changed file: .\eb\data\export_descr_buildings.txt (expected checksum 9cb8429b70bc7d1ffea8dff2204de65d, got 1aaf2108e9d0da4c63a6c165babe5dab)
Changed file: .\eb\data\scripts\show_me\ebbs_script.txt (expected checksum 0d80ca932253456f44c501775624cc3e, got 89019077da877d2941e784e1d131a09c)
Added file: .\eb\data\sprites\african\ebsprite_missile_african_slingers_all.spr
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Added file: .\eb configuration.lnk
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[bovi]

I can't see anything in the validation result to explain why it doesn't work. You should not have to shut down your firewall BTW.

Have you tried to upgrade and/or downgrade your video drivers? Also, have you installed Nero (try uninstalling it)? There are some other suggestions in the validation thread, but I think you should check these two first.