[Atrocities]

The system is a CoreDuo 2.3ghz running XP home sp2 with a GeForce 8800 GT with all the latest drivers and direct X updates.

I want to thank you all for this help. As you are aware I have an original copy and simply want my copy to work and the advice you have provided gives me the tools to see that happen. Again thank you. An update: I was able to find a work around by turning off NERO system activities and moving the disk to my portable DVD/CDRW drive.

I contacted the SecurRom help site as well as 2k games and while I couldn't understand a bit of what the man from 2k games was saying, his Australian accent was authentic, he did direct me to the site that eventually helped me to get the game working the and only time it did work. SecurRom wants me to do some kind of system analysis and such and send that to them. I am not comfortable with that as it should not need to be done in order to get a game that was legitimately purchased to work.

I sincerely appreciate all the advice that has been offered, however because of the nature of my problem and the existence of a "work around" that technically could be viewed by some as tentatively inappropriate in that it might be construed as a mild form of an officially frowned upon method for resolving such issues, I feel that locking this thread and allowing it to pass quietly into the dark is appropriate in order to avoid any possible violations of Shrapnels Terms of Service. Again thank you all very much for your help.