Not Working Properly - Please help!

[R'as al Ghul]

Could it be that because the version I have is usually run while the MTW-vi CD is in the Laptop ?

Should I install the beta version over current regular MTW-vi then put the MTW-vi cd back in to play the SW ?

You need to have the CD in the drive in any case.
Using a copy of the original game is fine.

Hi,
Well I attempted everything I could on the advice page but the only thing I could actually change was the Game's visual resolution.
The other stuff I couldn't figure out how to do.
I am using a Compaq Presserio.

What kind of video card do you have?
With what resolution are you running the game?

Another thing I noted while it was shutting down is that the shortcut icon was moving back to the default position for it was first loaded, (bottom left of the screen just after the last shortcut icon) and not where I put in the top right of the screen. Does this mean anything to you?

That happens from time to time. especially when the game crashes. It's because the desktop and the game run different resolutions and in a crash the video driver fails to reset the resolution. Nothing to worry about.

I went a deleted all the old saved games from the MTW that were still in the game when I copied it to make my Beta version, but this didn't help.

Then I thought Ok maybe I have stuffed it with other stuff I do on the computer, (installing Microsofts Visual Dev developer) so I tried to run the old version of MTW (in the original folder) to see if that was going to crash as well, but it worked to fine, apart from me being to ambitious and playing the irish on expert level, have to remember that this game is a little harder than STW.

Running out of ideas here can anyone please help ?

If your original VI is running well and your copy with Samurai mod isn't you probably have done something wrong.
Maybe try to reinstall the mod?
Delete the Samurai Warlords copy and make a new copy from your original game, then install again.