Thanks Roasted for responding. The steam idea was an excellent one but it failed. My copy is a retail version i purchased at a local Target store. The access denied problem comes up right after I try to start the setup.exe file. It seems like the program is not reading my admin privileges correctly or some type of copy protection is getting in the way. I also tried the "run as" thing but that gave the same results. I would really like to play this game but I seem to be stuck with an expensive coaster. Any further thoughts would be appreciated.
**sorry about the double post**