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??