MS Vista

[Stukadriver]

Wow...thanks very much. That is a lot more technical than I feel comfortable with although I will try.
I installed the original IL2 game and, other than a glitchy start...doesn't seem to want to start up from an desk top icon, I just go to the program and start it and it runs pretty good. However, when I tried to install "Forgotten Battles", although the installation walks all the way through the process, when I try to run it, only the first screen shot which shows a Russian aircraft with open cockpit (I should know the type) comes up and it goes no further.
I assume that the details you gave me would serve to make Forgotten Battles run?
I am content with waiting until COD comes out, but you know how it is when you start something like this and it becomes almost an obsession to get it going correctly.
Thanks again. This renews my faith in forums.