As near as I can understand the problem, it's an old dos based game that won't run in winXP (tried the compatability options all that jazz). Asking around I was told to have her try dosbox. I had her install it, after what happened after that she'll have to post that herself.

As a real life friend of hers i can vouch for the fact she has the game itself. It runs on a different computer that I *think* is running ME, but not the XP box. I'm trying to get her to post a pic of the CD case and CD as proof, but she's a bit put off by her rude treatment. Yes she's a newb to the …