having the same problem. i posted a few times about this to increase chances of getting a reply. but im running windows 7 home premium. HP manufacturer, AMD sempron 140 processor 2.70Ghz, 2.00Gb ram 1.75 gb usable, 64 bit operating system. i have all my .NET frameworks up to date and even have my Direct X updated. and i have been trying to run HB in admin mode every time and it fails.