the nprotect version that came with 9 dragons caused this problem for me. uninstalling the game and rebooting and then revalidating windows seemed to fix the validation problem but that obviously isnt a great solution since i can no longer play the game (but hey its a free game, not like i lost any money =p).
i created a thread about it on their forums, submitting a bug. http://phpbb.acclaim.com/9dragons/viewtopic.php?p=125739&sid=1050E733D77B3C54CEF76C540778D129#125739
hope this helps
- Christian Williamson
p.s. if i helped in any way microsoft guys, please feel free to upgrade my home premium to ultimate vista for being so amazingly helpful to you guys =p.
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was worth a shot anyway right? cant blame a guy for tryin =p