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I should've probably mentioned that to start with: OS: Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition 2005 Graphics Controller: PCI Express x16 - ATI Radeon X600 SE - 256 MB RAM: 512 MB (installed) Hard Drive: 200 GB Processor: Intel Pentium 4 630 / 3 GHz Again, any help would be much appreciated.

Being a big fan of the Close Combat games and looking for something rather more substantial I recently purchased a copy of Combat Mission 2 - Barbarossa to Berlin and am having problems getting it to run properly. I bought my copy through a seller on Amazon.co.uk who advertised it as 'New' (I've had problems with second hand games I've through Amazon in the past, especially regarding those that have been patched, so now only buy new games) and subsequently paid more for it. Upon receipt I installed the game with no problems and spent the evening played it with my son (okay, I was mostly playing it) without any sound or graphic glitches et cetera that I could detect. We even used the scenario editor to knock together an impressive battlefield! At bedtime I exited the game, removed the disc, and turned my computer off as usual. When I loaded the disc the next day and I immediately noticed something was wrong - firstly the game didn't start and everything on the desktop had slowed right down (folders were taking 30 seconds to open after being selected and so forth). When I double-clicked the desktop shortcut to the game a blue windows dialogue box appeared proclaiming: 'Initializing Wise Installation Wizard'. Then the screen went black and another box appeared entitled: 'Installation already present', the text of which read: 'Combat Mission 2 is already installed. You have the choice between playing Combat Mission 2 or re-installing it.' The option to either 'Re-install', 'Play' or 'Cancel' is then given. If you choose 'Play' another dialogue box appears entitled 'C:\PROGRA~I\COMBAT~I\XXXXX' the text of which read: 'Windows cannot find 'C:\PROGRA~I\COMBAT~I\XXXXX'. Make sure you have typed the name correctly, and then try again. To search for a file, click the start button and then click search.' When 'OK' is selected a further box appears entitled 'Error' which reads: 'Could not execute the external program 'C:\PROGRA~I\COMBAT~I\XXXXX' Thinking the game might be second-hand after all (it wasn't plastic-sealed, but smells/feels kosher) and it could be a problem with it already being patched I downloaded the European 1.01, 1.02 and 1.03 patches which all installed successfully. This had no effect, however. I uninstalled the game, reinstalled it and it played fine again until I exited, removed the disc and turned the computer off. The next day when I went to play again, however, the exactly same scenario as described above occurred and has occurred both times since I have uninstalled the game, reinstalled it and then shut the computer off. Can anybody help me? This is great game and I'm aching to play it properly, but I'd hate to have to shell out for another copy...