Hello all,   
Have read lots of posts on this issue and most seem to refer to some form of confilict. Sadly I dont think my issue is a conflict as I have stripped just about everything I can off my system.   
I'm runining on the following rig   
Windows XP pro fully patched and updated. 
Nvidia 1.85.85 drivers on a 8800 GT 
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 6000+ 
2GB of Ram 
Raid Hard Drive   
I downloaded the game and click on the desktop icon, it says "this application has requested the runtime to terminate it in an unusual way."   
If I click on the multiplayer icon it says the same message but this time its DCS.exe and not launcher.exe. I was also able to authenticate my version by using the protect.exe file. I tried to update the SF drivers but that told me that there were no files to update.   
Any ideas for me to try?