Does a black and/or flickering screen pop-up? If so, you might want to try a program called D3DWindower: http://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/603613-d3dwindower/ . When I've had problems like that with some games using program that to force the game into a smaller window/resolution and having the program emulate some older directx things worked. Click the plus+ button to find the .exe then the folder to change the settings and click on all of the directx ones and the computer icon to run it. Might help.