Have you tried compatibilty mode ?various? settings.

Yeah, I've tried all the compatability settings.

is setup.exe listed in event manager

try right click on setup.exe run as administrator

ps: found this
"then I went into the Windows
> DEP (Window key+pause - Advanced System Settings - Performace tab,
> Settings - Data Execution Prevention tab - Add) then add the
> Keeper95.exe to the list. Then go into the program file Keeper95.exe,
> right click it and choose compatibility - Windows XP SP2. Now after
> all this, if I run the game from the shortcut it won't work! You have
> to go into the program files\bullfrog\keeper\ and run the game by
> directly clicking on keeper95.exe. Weird, but worked every time!

It's not even listed in the task manager.

And right click and running as admin doesn't work either =[.

Actually it is but it's like indented under a process called ntvdm.exe

Clicking on setup.exe has the mouse do the loading thing for like 3-4 seconds, then stops.

so there is no error listed in event manager ?

and what happens if you copy the files from the cd to a folder and run setup from there ?

The same thing happens when I copy the folder, for some odd reason. I watched a youtube vid or two on how to install DKG on Windows 7, and it seems that I'm not the only one who can't get the setup to run, as some comments say the same thing.

what does it say in event manager ?

It just shows a process called ntvdm.exe, then under it indented it says setup.exe and wowexec.exe

i only have xp + dk2 and it works fine
the install folder looks like the cd except the cd has autorun, redist, english folders
so try copying the cd to a folder and instead of running setup try running dk2 (as admin)

event viewer not task manager

So, I found out how to get event viewer up, but how do I use it?

look for an error with setup.exe (is that the file that doesnt run ?) and double click on it it may say why it isnt running

I don't see one for setup.exe but I do see one for ntvdm.exe The thing says

The program ntvdm.exe version 6.1.7600.16385 stopped interacting with Windows and was closed. To see if more information about the problem is available, check the problem history in the Action Center control panel.
Process ID: 10dc
Start Time: 01cb43dc168c7910
Termination Time: 62
Application Path: C:\Windows\system32\ntvdm.exe
Report Id: 465d90b1-afe9-11df-a1c6-003018a697d9

did you try copying the cd to a folder and double clicking on dk2.exe ?

This is Dungeon Keeper 1, and yeah I tried that. Copied the whole thing, tried setup, tried keeper95.exe, etc. No go.

all i can suggest is iether virtual pc or find someone with a xp or win9x pc install it there and burn the folder to a dvd and then copy it to your pc

Alright I ended up downloading a file with the whole pre-installed folder in tact. So, now here's the new problem. When I opened keeper95.exe I got the little black box problem in the upper left corner. I fixed it though, since I followed a tutorial, downloaded Comparability Tool and added/installed a fix that had forceddirectemulation or something. The black box problem got fixed, but now I get the intro-screen the disc screen, but soon after it just crashed to desktop and windows says keeper95.exe has stopped working.

So now, I check the event viewer for the error and this is what the error says.

Faulting application name: KEEPER95.EXE, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x33eadcce
Faulting module name: KEEPER95.EXE, version: 0.0.0.0, time stamp: 0x33eadcce
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x00380562
Faulting process id: 0x1104
Faulting application start time: 0x01cb44b0676694e0
Faulting application path: C:\Users\Jacky\Desktop\dungeonkeep\KEEPER95.EXE
Faulting module path: C:\Users\Jacky\Desktop\dungeonkeep\KEEPER95.EXE
Report Id: ad08d800-b0a3-11df-9579-003018a697d9