Quote Originally Posted by KukriKhan
Three things, after browsing thru the R:TW readMe:

1. Are you the Administrator on the machine that crashes (readMe says you must be)? I'm suspicious of this, since the same discs installed OK on your friend's machine.

2. This bit (from the readMe) might be helpful:
"...
Authenticated Drivers
If your drivers are authenticated by Microsoft, then DX9 may try to verify if they have expired by connecting to the following URL crl.Microsoft.com. This is a Microsoft Certification check for expiration of Certificate site. This could be triggered when the game is run, as it interfaces with the video and sound drivers installed in Windows. This feature of Windows can be turned off in the following way:

Start Internet explorer and click...

Tools | Internet Options

Click the ADVANCED TAB, then scroll down to Security:

UNCHECK the boxes that say "CHECK FOR PUBLISHERS CERTIFICATE REVOCATION" and "CHECK FOR SERVERS CERTIFICATE REVOCATION(requires restart)" ......"

3. Silly question: the crashing machine is actually connected to the internet, yes?
Thank you for the reply. I will give your suggestions a go. As far as silly questions are concerned: I am too ignorant to get any pass. My computer is on a DSL connection. I haven't actually had the internet turned on while attempting any install (as this has never affected any other game install) but I did try it once with the internet active after reading your post, but got the same result. Alas.