If you would explain to us how your previous attempts failed then we might have some insight into what is causing your problem. Now all we are left with is guessing or come up with general suggestions.
What is the version on your DVD? Did you need to patch it up to 1.4b on your XP system? Does the DVD have the Starforce copy-protection on it? This is quite a gamebreaker in Win7.
One advise I usually give is to change the default install location. SH3, but alot of other games and applications too, want to put themselves in c:\Program Files\. Vista and Win7 protect that folder against possible abuse by virusses and other nast things. (well, try to anyway) It either denies file changes, or it allows them to be temporary only. But that also means it frowns upon legitimatly modding game files or even making screendumps. If you install it somewhere else, like c:\games\SilentHunter3, then Windows 7 won't care what you do to these files. It is perhaps not the cause of your current problems, but certainly something usefull to know for planning ahead.
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