Demo crash on startup?

[1988jeepxj]

Anybody else that downloaded the Russian demo get an error when you try to load the game? I get the "pp3.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience."

AppName: pp3.exe AppVer: 0.0.0.0 ModName: kernel32.dll
ModVer: 5.1.2600.5781 Offset: 00012afb

Does this have something to do with SSE2 support? My Athlon XP 2700+ meets the speed requirements as per the ReadMe, and everything else meets the req's too. All my drivers are up to date, I feel like I tried everything. 4x4 Hummer plays fine.