Recent content by calum

I got lucky. I went to the Microsoft Update site and downloaded the latest version of the .Net framework. After doing that Civ4 started to work. Perhaps the adware/spyware or my attempt at removing it hosed my existing .Net framework and upgrading it fixed the problem. Anyway Civ4 is now running...

I don't think the problem is uxtheme.dll. I downloaded another uxtheme.dll from the net and it was identical and didn't fix the problem. At one point during the spyware removal I disabled some services, one of which must enabled my DVD. After disabling this service the DVD drive wasn't...

I installed Civ4 and played with no problems. I picked up some adware/spyware and went through a painful process of removing it - installing antivirus, adware/spyware removal, etc. At some point during the adware/spyware removal Civ4 no longer starts. The adware/spyware is gone and I've...