I installed the game but when I try and start it up the screen turns black like it's loading but then nothing happens. When I access task manager the game closes and a message pops up and says Sins of a Solar Empire has encountered a problem and needs to close. We are sorry for the inconvenience. I'm running windows XP but my sound doesn't work on this computer. I read that the game will crash with vista if speakers or headphones are not plugged in, could I be having the same problem?