I have two pc's side by side with two copies of zoo tycoon 2 (1 for each) b/c my kids like to play at the same time. PC's are very similar (dell dimension 4500 and 4600), and both have nvidia fx 5700 128 MB agp vga w/ latest nvidia drivers and 768 MB RAM.
Computer 1 installs zt2 fine and runs it fine.
Computer 2 installs zt2 fine, but whenever I try to run it, it just launches the splash screen (white and black "microsoft gaming studios" banner) and then exits silently after about 15 seconds. I have not even gotten to where I get to accept the eula.
Both machines have the same anti virus software, and I have reinstalled > 10 times, using both cds in computer 2 (in case one of them was damaged).
I saw a reference to this same problem from someone on another site, but I have never seen any feedback -- any ideas?
Thanks,
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