I'm not trying to be pushy, but there has to be SOMEONE out there that either can tell me where to properly place this post or has some suggestion on what might have happened to my computer. I'm TRYING to play a game, but I'm lucky to get one turn a minute and I'm only a little past turn 200. Normally my screen and turns, at tihs point in game, virtually fly. I've tried running Norton WinDoctor and the only thing it really found was that the aforementioned "Flash9.ocx" wasn't present.
I'm begging for some suggestions... If I don't get this fixed I might actually resort to doing some work around my house.
Addendum: I've run Norton SystemWorks against my CPU, memory, and graphics and it tells me that everything is just hunky-dory... BUT, given the speed of the game, it is pretty obvious that something pretty severe has happened.
Addedum #2: Well, I guess that I'm really hosed now... Despite the fact that turns were taking well over a minute and the screen was inching (actually, partial inching) I stuck with it because I'm basically a FfH addict. I kept exiting the game, going to the desktop, and going back in with the hope that it might speed up the game just a little. Well... The last time I tried this, I received another "Blue screen of death". After that, the game wouldn't start whatsoever. When I go to task manager I can see Civ4 running in the background doing SOMETHING, but the game never comes up (I've tried it three times, waiting 20-30 minutes each time and the last time a full hour to no avail).
Does anyone know if reinstalling the game would help?
Thanks again to ANYONE who can help me -- either with advice or telling me WHERE to post this to get help.