Windows 7? Install outside of program files folder. If you had to patch it to 1.4b, you most likely have the version with StarForce, and it has to have the disk in the drive to run, so you need the NoDVD patch to avoid StarForce and having to have the disk in the drive. Whatever you do, do not run the game from the disk, that is when StarForce gets installed on your computer. Hope this helps.