Just Bought - 1.06 Update crashes

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After installing the game (1.00) it will load to the opening menu, but after installing the 1.06 patch I get the following error after the "Loading ..." splashscreen when launching the main exe.

"The application failed to initialize properly (0xc000007b). Click OK to terminate the application."

- Uninstalled and reinstalled a dozen times (deleted reg keys)
- Downloaded the patch from a hand full of difference sources
- Updated the Video Drivers
- Log.Htm has the date/time of the 1.00 launch

I'm out of ideas, help!


===[Detailed Crash Log]===========
Log Name: System
Source: Application Popup
Date: 9/20/2009 11:59:49 AM
Event ID: 26
Task Category: None
Level: Information
Keywords: Classic
User: N/A
Computer: NEO
Description:
Application popup: eastindia.exe - Application Error : The application failed to initialize properly (0xc000007b). Click OK to terminate the application.
Event Xml:
<Event xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/win/2004/08/events/event">
<System>
<Provider Name="Application Popup" />
<EventID Qualifiers="16384">26</EventID>
<Level>4</Level>
<Task>0</Task>
<Keywords>0x80000000000000</Keywords>
<TimeCreated SystemTime="2009-09-20T15:59:49.000Z" />
<EventRecordID>77091</EventRecordID>
<Channel>System</Channel>
<Computer>NEO</Computer>
<Security />
</System>
<EventData>
<Data>eastindia.exe - Application Error</Data>
<Data>The application failed to initialize properly (0xc000007b). Click OK to terminate the application. </Data>
</EventData>
</Event>

 

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Hi! Sorry to hear about your problem. Few things come to mind:
- When you start the patch, please doublecheck that the eastindia.exe is not running. The game is left running to the background when you press "yes" to the ingame update dialog and this causes some files not to update.
- Did you see the first post in the troubleshooting thread?

 

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Hi! Sorry to hear about your problem. Few things come to mind:
- When you start the patch, please doublecheck that the eastindia.exe is not running. The game is left running to the background when you press "yes" to the ingame update dialog and this causes some files not to update.
- Did you see the first post in the troubleshooting thread?

Hello, thanks for the reply! the exe's PID was not active when I applied the patch, I didn't use the game to locate the patch. The last half-dozen installs I didn't launch the exe till after I applied the patch. Unfortunately also disabling the visual themes in the compatibility settings didn't help. Also, I do not have DEP enabled for all apps.

Any other suggestions? Does the game have issues with Crossfire (duel video cards)?

Update: wtf! Same error when installed on my other machine!

 

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Could you please post the specs for both of the machines.

 

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Could you please post the specs for both of the machines.

Sure:

Gigabyte EX58-UD5
OS: Vista Ult x32 (SP2)
CPU: Intrl i7 920 2.67 / OC: 2.80
RAM: 3GB
HDD: 3 x Samsung 320GB RAID0
VIDEO: 2 x ATI Radeon X1900 Crosfire's
AUDIO: OnBoard HDAudio (Realtek)

ABIT IP35 Pro:
OS: Vista Ult x32 (SP1)
CPU: Intrl Core 2 Duo 2.66
RAM: 4GB
HDD: Western Digital 400GB
VIDEO: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT
AUDIO: OnBoard HDAudio (Realtek)

Network: RangeMax Next Wireless Router - Gigabit Edition 1.4.34NA / Some switches.

I feel its having an issue authenticating my copy. Any thing change from 1.00 to 1.06 in the way it requestes data from the internet?

 

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I feel its having an issue authenticating my copy. Any thing change from 1.00 to 1.06 in the way it requestes data from the internet?

This is a strange one, your computers are very different from each other. Please see if you have this logfile: %ProgramData%\Paradox Interactive\East India Company\ImpulseReactor.log

You could also try to rename the sig.bin (in the previously mentioned folder) to something else and then try to run eastindia.exe.