Quote Originally Posted by Constantine the Great
_ Install using 7-zip rather than installer
-no idea how to do this
Download 7-zip, then run that program and open the installer file with it. Click extract and choose your RTW directory.

Quote Originally Posted by Constantine the Great
_ Add -nm to the shortcut
-no idea how to do this one
You see your EB shortcut, right? Right-click that and choose Properties. Add " -nm" to the Target line.

Quote Originally Posted by Constantine the Great
_ Run the validation tool to diagnose the problem
-did this
And what did it say?

Quote Originally Posted by Constantine the Great
_ Add more swap space in Windows, and other technical measures you can take
-the link for this one was broken, so i havent tried it
The link works for me, perhaps TWC was down at the time. Please try again.

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I see in another thread that you have a really old graphics card. You should try to borrow another graphics card to see if it works better. You may benefit from upgrading your graphics card for many other games anyway. This is the most likely problem.