The Curse of 85%!

[IsaacWR]

Hey! I just installed my son's computer with POTC online. Unfortunately, every time it gets to 85% loading, I get an error. I wiped the hard drive and reinstalled Windows XP Pro (computer needed it anyhow), did all the critical updates, updated drivers, etc. Reinstalled POTC, hit 85% and it errored out again!

This is an AMD Athlon 1.14 GHz with 512 MB of RAM. It has a Radeon 7000 64 MB video card (I did try an Nvidia 32 MB GeForce and an ATI Rage Fury 32 MB and neither of them worked, either), an SIS 900 PCI ethernet (on MB) and an SIS 7018 Audio card (on MB). I did a speedtest.net and get 8.12 MB Up, .98 MB Down with a Ping of 75 ms. I am running Google Chrome (if it matters) and have Direct X 9.0c installed.

I found a thread that talked about creating a file named "game_options.txt". I followed that and still get errored out. I've tweaked the settings on startup from OpenGL to DirectX 9.0 and then DirectX 8.0. Still hit 85% and fail. I don't get any explanation of the error, I just get a "Would you like to send a report" and get to fill out the information form to submit to Disney. (I haven't heard back yet.)

I realize this is not the most powerful computer, but it does meet the minimum specs and my son would love to be able to play. If there is any more information you require, please let me know. I'm hoping it's something obvious.