Let’s be honest. Sometimes, despite your best efforts, the will fail repeatedly. If you have spent more than two hours on this, consider these alternatives.

It was 2002, and the air smelled like microwave popcorn and anticipation. You’re sitting in front of a beige tower PC, the kind that makes a satisfying clunk-thunk when you hit the power button. In your hand is the holy grail of early 2000s design: the boxed set. The Ritual of the Discs

: Insert the CD or open the installation folder. Double-click setup.exe to launch the Installation Wizard.

Uncheck (unless you want a blast from the past). Click Finish . Do not launch the program yet.

Do not double-click Setup.exe yet. Instead: