<t> I just got my new laptop and tried running EiA on it...however when I start up the game it gets to the Main Menu fine, but when I start a new game I have no pull down menus or anything to set up the new game. It just has the picture of all the leaders, but no way to set up the game...somebody ...

<r> In the tutorial it says to:<br/>
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&nbsp;<I><s>[i]</s>'It would be helpful to have Spain, Turkey or Russia as allies. For each country, click on one of their land areas then select the “Attempt Alliance” button from the middle of the button menu in the lower left of the screen ...

<t> Sorry for the delay...I am running it on a U.S. computer with XP.&nbsp; I have other Matrix games that run fine, but this one is killing me.&nbsp; I allowed the Direct X program to run its full install but it just says it can't initialize and goes to a box that has a "finish" button and says try ...

<t> ok...deleted everything in the Max Football folder and the folder itself. I ran V2.0 2.00 and i have downloaded but not installed all of the updates, as I don't know which ones I need. However, everytime i install the game it won't initialize the directX installation...alwasys says it can't do ...

<t> Yes, my cp is always hooked up internet...i have cable internet. This is VERY frustrating as I have had absolutely NO help from Matrix...I submitted this problem to the customer service help desk last week and have heard nothing. If this is the way they operate I will never waste my money on one ...

<t> I am getting a run time error 2147024770 (8007007e) everytime I try to start my game. I have erased the game, reinstalled it, done the same with all the updates and still the same problem. I tried doing the suggestion for the other run time errors but that had no effect either. Please help...as ...