Links LS 2000 won't load in XP

> Links LS 2000 ran fine on my old Gateway which originally ran ME and then was
> upgraded to XP. But I just had a new XP computer built for me with an AMD
> Athlon 64 3800 dual processor, and after installing Links LS 2K, I get a
> black screen and an an error message in an endless loop when trying to run
> it. I uninstalled and reinstalled Links LS, downloaded the 1.21 patch, and
> ran Compatibility, but all to no avail.
>
> The error reads:
>
> Links LS 2000 Main Executable has encountered a problem and needs to close.
> We are sorry for the inconvenience.
>
> After hitting Don't Send for the error, the screen keeps going dark and the
> same messages come up in an endless loop until I delete LINKSLS.EXE and
> LINKSLS2K.EXE from the active processes.
>
> If it matters, my video card is an nVidia GeForce 8400 GS.
>
> What now? Is there something glaringly obvious that I'm missing?
>
> TIA!
> Paul

> Nope, not yet. I've also been assured that my digital monitor doesn't
> ahve
> anything to do with it.
>
> "CygnusX1" wrote:
>

>> Links LS 2000 ran fine on my old Gateway which originally ran ME and then
>> was
>> upgraded to XP. But I just had a new XP computer built for me with an AMD
>> Athlon 64 3800 dual processor, and after installing Links LS 2K, I get a
>> black screen and an an error message in an endless loop when trying to
>> run
>> it. I uninstalled and reinstalled Links LS, downloaded the 1.21 patch,
>> and
>> ran Compatibility, but all to no avail.
>>
>> The error reads:
>>
>> Links LS 2000 Main Executable has encountered a problem and needs to
>> close.
>> We are sorry for the inconvenience.
>>
>> After hitting Don't Send for the error, the screen keeps going dark and
>> the
>> same messages come up in an endless loop until I delete LINKSLS.EXE and
>> LINKSLS2K.EXE from the active processes.
>>
>> If it matters, my video card is an nVidia GeForce 8400 GS.
>>
>> What now? Is there something glaringly obvious that I'm missing?
>>
>> TIA!
>> Paul