Just bought GalCiv2, and it won't even install!

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When I got home, I started to install the thing, and as soon as I hit the "install" button it froze up and gave me the "This program is not responding" message.
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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
The regular installer on the CD did this?
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Yes, the autorun. The "Install, Readme" screen comes up, and I click the Install button, and the thing just sits there. Do I need more RAM or a new processor?
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Are you running Vista and trying to install the original GC2 (not the gold edition)? If so, the installer can take a few minutes to fire up as Vista tries to scan the entire disk before it will let it run.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
This is the original GalCiv2 Dread Lords, running Windows XP Intel Celeron D 330 2.66 Ghz processor and 256 MB RAM..

But even if it was scanning the installer, it wouldn't lag out and go non responsive, would it?
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
It shouldn't do that on XP, unless you have another program causing the problem. If you have an antivirus or similar program running it could also interfere with it, or you might have a bad disc. If you can't sort it, and you have a good internet connection, you can also just register your serial and download the whole game:

1) Get Stardock Central (our download manager, used to get patches or even the entire game should you not have your discs handy to install from).

2) Install it and log in with the same account you made for the forum.

3) Go to the Tools menu in SDC, and choose Register Products.

4) Pick Games on the left in the Register Products window, then find GalCiv2 in the Product pull-down menu. Enter your email address (same as forum account, again) and serial number, then click Register.

5) Back at the main screen of SDC, pick Games on the left. You should see GalCiv2 under a Purchased Products heading on the right side. Select it and click the Update button that appears.

6) Click the + next to GalCiv2 and get the additional modules as well.

That should do the trick. If you encounter an error message while trying to register the serial in (4), please contact [email protected].
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
That worked, thank you so much for the help! If I could give you kudos or something like that here I would