I really hope I don't have to wait that out again. having the physical disk may be the difference, but as I said before, I got it to work ONCE after waiting literally a week without shutting down my computer or disrupting the processes. It could be an issue with having the physical disk: I have the Armada II disk scratched up beyond recognition, so I 'borrowed' (ahem) an iso, and have tried both Alcohol and Daemon Tools to mount it and run. I have no idea what was the trigger that got it to install the last time, I have UAC off and went through literally every executable and made it run through compatibility mode. Setup*32.exe pops up for about a day, then _ISDEL.exe and another InstallShield process pops up, and then that seems to hang forever.

I uninstalled and reinstalled after messing the game up by over-modding it, and now I'm stuck in the same problem, so I'm trying to learn a bit more. I'm currently struggling with this myself- I installed it once and it took literally a week for the installer to pop up.

And I am FAR too lazy to go through all that work. So, one could single out the issue by checking the processes and services that run normally but are not running a minimal boot in safe mode. This didn't fix the issue normally, but then I booted in safe mode, ran the installer, and it worked INSTANTLY. Star Trek: Armada II is a challenging and rewarding game that provides hours of entertainment for fans of the Star Trek universe.Edit: Aha! Well, I got it to work immediately: safe mode! The first thing I did was make sure that every executable in the CD-Rom drive was both set to Windows 98 Compatibility mode and set to run as administrator (verified by checking in registry). The game also features a number of multiplayer modes, including skirmish, deathmatch and capture the flag. The game's campaign mode features a number of branching mission paths, allowing the player to make choices that affect the course of the story. Each faction has its own strengths and weaknesses, and the player must learn to use each one effectively to succeed. The game features four distinct factions: the United Federation of Planets, the Klingon Empire, the Romulan Star Empire and the Borg. The game's story follows the discovery of a powerful new alien race, known as the Borg, and the player's efforts to stop them from assimilating the Federation and its allies.

The game's single player campaign is set in the year 2387, two years after the events of Star Trek: Nemesis. Star Trek: Armada II is a real-time strategy video game published by Activision, released in 2001 for Microsoft Windows.

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