RB 3d Installation fiasco

[Terry_Crisp]

Gentlemen,
Help! I'm jonesing.My old computer threw a seven so I bit a very large bullet and went out and bought a new one.It's a HP Pavillion with Windows XP.Much of my software(scanner drivers for instance)does not seem to work with the new system.
The disaster is that RB 3d will not install.ARRRRRGh!All that money and no flight sim.Sims for more modern aircraft are of course beneath consideration.Sierra is not much help.
The message is: Error in move Data process -117.
Is this meaningful to any of you who may be kind enough to set me straight?Is this fixable.I'm dying here. I havent flown in weeks.
Thanks in advance,
Terry Crisp

Dear Terry,
I can well imagine your frustration. Here, for whatever it may be worth, is my opinion-- I think that's it's the operating system. Wasn't XP based on Windows 2000 and/or NT4? Well, neither one would play RB3D...
I did try some research, but I'm afraid that I could not find your error message. But, I think, here's what you can do (at least give me credit for originality in one or two cases!):
1) Check your memory chips; my guess is that the BRAND NEW ones are defective ('data transfer' = memory, at least to my warped way of thinking). Could you replace them with 'old' ones and see what happens?
2) Contact HP-- what's their take on the error message?
3) Contact Microsoft; on second thought, better not!
-BUT-
4) GO TO THE MS COMBAT FLIGHT SIMULATOR WEB PAGE--
perhaps you could read about someone with a similar problem (yes, yes, I KNOW that this is RB3D; just do it to humor an old man, okay?); at the very least, you could become a member of THEIR forum, and POST your problem!
5) Regarding #1-- if the memory WAS defective, seriously consider returning the damn computer!
-AND-
6) Would you be willing to nuke your hard drive (which you could always 'restore') and install Windows 98? Then see what happens...
One last thought, Terry-- OBVIOUSLY, it wasn't JUST the game! Something is (obviously) very wrong if almost nothing seems to install... you might very well have a lemon.
BTW; 'jonesing'? 'Threw a seven'? What the hell you talkin' 'bout, man?
VBR,
Captain Lewis

[Terry_Crisp]

Captain Lewis,
Thank you for your kind reply. I now have an alternative to falling on my sword.
Please forgive my language. I seem to have fallen under the influence of my adolescent son and his droogs.Ah, I mean friends.
Thanks again,
Terry