error message---rome total war,BI, and alexander

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Rome:Total War encountered an unspecified error and will now exit

Thats the message I recieve each time i try to play, I have reinstalled all of them 3 times tried just doing Rome alone with all updates and latest no-cd patchs and I keep getting the same error, I am using dameon 4.03 with safedisc on,games all install just peachy then when I try to play I get that error every time does anyone have any suggestions?