redalert 2 problems can't resolve

[NewBreedAmos]

Bought RA2. Will run on mine and one son's computer. Will not run on an identical computer in other son's room/ the one the game was intended for. I don't like games on my computer as it is intended for a work computer and I can't be shut down for gaming problems. Amd 750(not overclocked)256 mb micron 133. 50x cdrom SB live value card. I've done a clean install using both win 98 and win me, mother board is socket a asus a7s-vm. Installs fine, hangs while loading, hangs so bad the machine has to be turned off. Basic diagnostic tools on cd of RA2 list everything ok except one mention (red x on my version of direct x that it's reporting) says i have DX ver 7 not 7.a. I HAVE DX8. some one please tell where the hangup is and how to edit the reg or find the ini file that's stopping the video from running

[Imperion1]

Thats an easy one. For some reason RA2 will not run under WinME. Even though it says it will. This is one reason I went back to 98SE. Thief2 doesn't work either.
Have you installed DX8a from microsofts download site. This should fix your DX problem.

[Makaveli]

Imperion1

Thief 2 Does work for Windows ME, I have it and it works perfect...

[bobcat]

No problems running RA2 on ME either.

[Hellios]

RA2 runs hapily on my ME