[W&G S1E1 Demo] Can't launch the demo

vimes

I've downloaded and installed the demo successfully, but when I try to run it, the mouse icon switch to loading for a second or so and then nothing happens (not even an error). In the task manager, the process seems to be created and then killed nearly immediately.
I've tried the fix from this thread but it did nothing for me.
I'm running WinXP 32bit SP3 on a laptop with a nVidia 8600M GT.
-Edit : I just updated my graphic driver to the 182.08; the problem still remains

vimes

No clue on how to solve this ?

Will

Hey, sorry for not responding before. Did you run the DirectX updater when you installed?

vimes

Yes, I did. I saw a window quickly appear and disappear during the installation when the trace showed something along the line of "dxwebsetup \Q".

Just to clarify something, I don't even get the welcoming screen.

Will

Hmm, Just in case, try running this: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3&displaylang=en

vimes

Ok, I tried that :the directx installer told me it had detected an up to date or more recent version of directx and thus no changes were made.