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Ok, I have Windows XP Pro. I have not yet installed any updates as I have just reformatted my computer. I installed Red Alert 2 with a breeze but it will not run at all. I have changed the compatibility to all the possible options and still to no success. I have the newest software for my video card, and i have already updated red alert 2 as well. I just cannot get the thing to run. When i double click the icon it will start running, go to black screen and then go back to windows. No error, no file missing, nothing, it just selfterminates as if I never even opened it.

Also, the laptop that I run it on has windows xp home. I used the diagnostic tool on the cd and both times the program read the wrong processor info hard drive info, etc.

i updated it from the internet, ive used it b4 on my laptop recently, this desktop before i updated windows xp one time. Ive used it on a ton of computers, ive had these disks since the game first came out.