I'm new here,but i have been reading this thread with great interest,i also have problems running Shogun Total war,the error message i get is this SHOG_CCP has stopped working,it then gives you the option of closing the window and you get back to your desktop,i have a new Windows 8 laptop,ok i know this is an old game,but its a good one,and at my age i don't really play all the other games,but this is one of my favorites and i would love to play it again,so im hoping someone here has got a quick cure for this game so that i can have endless hours of fun once again,I actually found this site by accident,i have posted on many other sites and got nothing back,so im hoping that this one is different,Am i wrong in thinking that PC games have an expiry date,as each time we upgrade our operating systems it gets harder to get these games to play,surely the makers of these games would be are of this problem and bring out a fix for it,I had this same problem with all my command and conquer games till my son bought a new copy that enables you to download the games from the internet,and i can now play them again,but i would love to be able to play Shogun as well,so please could someone help me with this problem...