Dreadnot I checked other posts about your problem and I found one which dealt with your sepcific problem.As I thought it's got to do with a missiong dll file.
You are missing the MSVCP71.dll which you can download from that link below.But check my first answer to you to see if3 you have the other 3 dll files2 the 2 70 and another 71.
http://www.dll-files.com/dllindex/dll-f ... ml?msvcr71
Once you have it put it into your C:/Windows > System not the the System 32
Then the game should start normaqlly.My own install of the game already has those files incorportated but some older versions did not have it and that's why they have to be inserted manually.
TRry and let ne know.
Cheers