Seabass, I un-installed DL & DA, turned off my firewall, re-installed thru impulse....it worked. Also was able to purchase & successfully download Twilight thru Stardock. Thanks for the help.
NAPLEZ
I finally got the message on the caps lock. Maybe I have a learning disability. As I am new to all of this, I am including the entire message from my Vistas message. Event: APPCRASH Application: GC2Launch.exe Version: 0.0.0.0 Timestamp: 45804a84 Fault Module: DXAxHost.dll Fault Mod Vers: 2.0.0.0 Fault Timestamp 44a44547 Exception Code: c0000005 Except. Offset: 000208e8 OS Version: 6.0.6001.2.1.0.768.3 Locale ID: 1
IMPULSE SHOWS DOWNLOAD SUCCESSFUL BUT GAME CANNOT LAUNCH. EVEN MY DISC WON'T LAUNCH. WORKED FINE ON MY DELL/XP LAPTOP INSTALLED A YEAR+ AGO. MESSAGE I GET WHEN DISC INSERTED: EVENT: APPCRASH APPLIC: GC2Launch.exe AP VERSION: 0.0.0.0. PLUS MORE DATA I CAN'T MAKE USE OF. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS BUT WINDOWS/VISTAS ONLINE SEARCH CAME UP EMPTY.
I DOWNLOADED GCII TO MY NEW COMPUTER/VISTAS THRU BOTH IMPULSE & STARDOCK. COMPLETED DOWNLOAD FOR BOTH DREADLORDS & DA THRU IMPULSE. DOWNLOAD CONFIRMED. COULDN'T OPEN, FILE SHOWS A FEW HUNDRED KBS. I COULDN'T LOAD MY DISKS EITHER. I WANT TO PURCHASE TWILIGHT BUT CAN'T EVEN INSTALL DREADLORDS ON MY NEW MACHINE. I AM NOT REAL COMPUTER SMART & WOULD APPRECIATE SOME SUGGESTIONS.