win 2k won't let game play

well then moving on ...I do use the original copy and only the original on my laptop with win 2k SP4 it has 40G hd with 128mb ram.(one thing i am not surfe of is the processor -bought on ebay-it says x86 family 6 model 8 stepping1 AT\AT COMPATIBLE?...well anyway trying to play the game empire earth when i start it the beginning splash screen appears the it sayS eeaoc.exe has caused a problem will be shut down and then it also states it will be making a log of this 1st it takes about 10 min or more to complete this log and once it is complete i try too look at it and there is no information for me on what happened??? In the specific time in wich this happens the log states (progressivelogs)
22:58 ccevtmgr"application starting" event id 26
(next) 22:58 ccevtmgr "application started" event id 1
(next) 22:58 nprotectservice "the service was started" event id 3
(next) 22:59 ccpwdsvc "application started" event id 1.....

and that is all I have no idea where the problem lies??

Download Everest Home Edition from http://www.lavalys.com/products/over...?pid=1&lang=en

Will tell u everything u need to know about your computer.

Has the game ever worked ? Have you checked you meet the minimum requirements for the game ?

no game as not ever worked and yes the game says 64 mb ram and pentium 2 processor wich i believe i have pentium 3 but i will try the link and see what that does for me thank you. I will post back

ok there is an attatchment with pc info on it!

EDIT by fink.. I've pasted the info directly into the post to make it easier to view.


Computer:
Operating System Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
OS Service Pack Service Pack 4
DirectX 4.09.00.0902 (DirectX 9.0b)

Motherboard:
CPU Type Mobile Intel Pentium IIIE, 500 MHz (5 x 100)
Motherboard Name IBM 26458PU
Motherboard Chipset Intel 82440BX/ZX
System Memory 128 MB (SDRAM)
BIOS Type IBM (11/30/99)
Communication Port Communications Port (COM1)
Communication Port Printer Port (LPT1)

Display:
Video Adapter NeoMagic MagicGraph256ZX driver (4091 KB)
Monitor IBM ThinkPad 1024x768 TFT LCD (93516843009)

Multimedia:
Audio Adapter Cirrus Logic CS4614/22/24 CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator

Storage:
IDE Controller Intel(r) 82371AB/EB PCI Bus Master IDE Controller
SCSI/RAID Controller XMASSCSI SCSI Controller
Floppy Drive Floppy disk drive
Disk Drive IBM-DJSA-210 (10 GB, 4200 RPM, Ultra-ATA/66)
Optical Drive AXV CD/DVD-ROM SCSI CdRom Device (Virtual DVD-ROM)
Optical Drive SONY CD-RW CRX700E (8x/4x/24x CD-RW)
SMART Hard Disks Status OK

Input:
Keyboard Standard 101/102-Key or Microsoft Natural PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse IBM PS/2 TrackPoint

Network:
Network Adapter Linksys EtherFast 10/100 Compact USB Network Adapter (192.168.1.102)
Modem LT Win Modem

is there a program i can use while i try to start the game that will show me the process and let me find where the problem is?

One thing you could do is have a look at your event viewer and see what info you can gleen or tell us from there. Try running the CD and then immediately look at the viewer (or as soon as you can) and see what correlates with the time of the problem and the events logged in the viewer.

My computer/control panel/admin tools/event viewer

well i opened the viewer started the game and nothing came up in application or system logs? after restarting the pc i now have a log but all it says is event log service was stopped event id 6005 source eventlog???