I have had the same problem with my nForce 1 based motherboard (ASUS A7N266-C).
The errors I would get tells me DxHelp.exe had a problem, and now will terminate. That was under Windows ME. I am dual booting my system using Partition magic boot manager. I can boot into either WinME or Win XP Pro. Both OS's are up to date and the latest drivers <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> too.
I have also tried <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/beyond.gif" alt="" /> installed into both operating systems. The game just CTD's under XP without any error messages, whilst under ME I would get the DxHelp error message.
I am also unable to play the game, and unable to return it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/memad.gif" alt="" />
