Well, been working on this all night. Brings back memories
Like the time I could not get into Rooks Tavern...about went nuts LOL
Oh well..here is what I have discovered.
I can get into single player games and skirmishes, no problem...so I am doubting that it is a video card issue.
I tried running the game in different compatibility modes. When I ran it in Windows 98/ME compatibility mode I got past the "initializing security" entry, but then got an error message saying that I was missing a file, or that I had a file that was incompatible. The file name for that missing file was....
sfcfleetop.exe
Hmm. Well...I tried it in Windows 95 compatibility, same result. I tried it in Windows 2000 mode, and it nearly locked my system, then crashed to desktop. I tried it again in Windows XP mode, and all it does is reach the "initializing security", then the screen flashes, and I get dumped back to windows.
Not sure what to do at this point. I suspect that it has something to do with Windows XP Pro. I will continue to research it.
If any of you have any ideas, let me know....I did a complete, fresh reinstall from the CD also. Same result.