Rome TW won't play no matter what

[Scoop]

After installing Rome TOtal War on VIrtual drive the game wouldn't play. I uninstalled DT's and tried to play the game with the cd in - no go. I uninstalled Rome TW and reinstalled and it still wouldn't play even with the cd in. I went to TOMe TW support and followed directions for removing the .ini, I removed all folders, and removed any references (that they noted on support site) to creative assembly or other Rome TW references. I uninstalled and reinstalled the game and still the same reaction - It starts to load and quickly comes up with a window saying "Rome TW has encountered an uunexpected error and will now exit".

At this point I am out of my knowledge boudaries short of reinstalling windows!

Any help greatly appreciated

[Reef]

You could take a look here (official Rome: TW support site):

http://activision.custhelp.com/cgi-bin/activision.cfg/php/enduser/std_alp.php?p_sid=6zh8XoXh&p_lva=&p_li=&p_page=1&p_cv=&p_pv=2.391&p_prods=1%2C391&p_cats=&p_hidden_prods=&prod_lvl1=1&prod_lvl2=391&p_search_text=&p_new_search=1&p_search_type=answers.search_nl&p_sort_by=dflt