So Ive tried running it without any compatibility mode at all and the mouse kept flashing while leaving a nice trail across the screen effecting anything it went by.

Then I tried 98 compatibility, same issue, but I went further and tried to play a game to see if it was a menu issue. The game crashed.

Then I tried XP compatibility and I had a bad refresh rate on the menu, mouse trailing, and when I tried to load a game up it worked to the point that pressing random buttons made sounds from the game but it would only display the loading screen.

Win 95 compatibility flat out crashed.

Specs if it matters
CPU: AMD Phenom II X4 965 Black Edition Deneb 3.4GHz Socket AM3 125W Quad-Core Processor
Motherboard: MSI 790FX-GD70 AM3 AMD 790FX ATX AMD Motherboard
RAM: G.SKILL Ripjaws Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1600
Hard Drives: 2 x Western Digital Caviar Black WD1002FAEX 1TB
GFX Card: 2 x SAPPHIRE 100283-3L Radeon HD 5770 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP
OS: Windows 7

Are you using special mouse drivers for a non standard mouse? You could try disabling them if you are and just use the windows settings, just to see if that is the problem.

Plug and play logitech mouse, no drivers at all.

This is with Empire Earth 1, EE2 works fine. Replied because the symptoms were the same.

Tried a support ticket way back and just recently reinstalled the game. STill having the exact same problem as thread author...

Description
Faulting Application Path: E:\Games\GOG.com\Empire Earth Gold Edition\Empire Earth\Empire Earth.exe

Win 7 64

(I think this is the error when I tried running it in Win 95 but tried every other compatibility mode)...

Problem signature
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Empire Earth.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 594d0000
Fault Module Name: low-level engine.dll
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 3d7fc01b
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 00006fe8
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
Locale ID: 1033
Additional Information 1: 31e8
Additional Information 2: 31e8f33cffe0acbebb639b7db8dc2e16
Additional Information 3: 1993
Additional Information 4: 1993afc24dfa59eceeabcef35a15ca06

Will make another support Ticket soon. TRied to find a solution by what the thread author did on my problem, same exact crashes issues / mouse trails. By the way I have a similar processor as the Thread Author (TA) Phenom II 955 Black edition Quad Core processor @ 3.2 gighertz (not over clocked. Well near the same mines 3.2 gigs his is 3.4.

I have the same issue with mouse leaving a trail and being inconsistent in its movement to the point where it's almost impossible to hit the buttons in the menu. I use a Logitech G500 with the driver installed

BEST SOLUTION EVER!!

>> Play Empire Earth 1.