I think I just need to update my graphics driver but I can't figure out how to even find the graphic card settings on my computer.... It's a Windows 7 Ultimate 32 bit, how do you track down the graphics card stuff on this thing? *Just to add, I can run the game just fine on my computer at my house, this is just the compy at my folks' place for backup while I'm visiting them. With that in mind this isn't a priority with getting the game to work, though I certainly would like for it to.
Alright, I was able to find out through Google, but uh...turns out that wasn't the problem. My video driver is as up to date as it can get apparently. So next plan...vmware? Whatever that is?
Yup. Tried the two compatibility modes suggested, Windows 98/me and Windows XP pack 3, and ran as admin on both.