1. I have ELS installed in my common folder, exactly where it should be according to the extensive ammount of research I've done.
2. I don't think I'm running as admin, because I don't know how to do that, do you mean just right click the game and select "run as administrator"?
3. As far as my computer specs go, I have an Asus G74sx which is apparently a top of the line gaming laptop so there shouldn't be a problem there, but here are the specs anyway:
OS Name Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium
Version 6.1.7601 Service Pack 1 Build 7601
Other OS Description Not Available
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name OWNER-PC
System Manufacturer ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
System Model G74Sx
System Type x64-based PC
Processor Intel® Core i7-2630QM CPU @ 2.00GHz, 2001 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 8 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date American Megatrends Inc. G74Sx.201, 27/04/2011
SMBIOS Version 2.6
Windows Directory C:Windows
System Directory C:Windowssystem32
Boot Device DeviceHarddiskVolume1
Locale Canada
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "6.1.7601.17514"
User Name Owner-PCOwner
Time Zone Mountain Daylight Time
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 8.00 GB
Total Physical Memory 7.98 GB
Available Physical Memory 5.92 GB
Total Virtual Memory 16.0 GB
Available Virtual Memory 13.0 GB
Page File Space 7.98 GB
Page File C:pagefile.sys