Instead, screen resolution changes to a 640x480x16(hi color) blank screen with "Beachhead 2000" listed in the taskbar. Then, screen changes to (BSOD) with the above error message.

Checking game on a WinME machine (mine's Win95b), I notice in "CTRL ALT DEL" that it says,

(Introductory Screen :)

Cool Windows Program
Beachhead 2000
about:blank - Microsoft Internet Explorer
Explorer
Systray

(START PLAYING:)

Beachhead - Microsoft Internet Explorer
Beachhead16.exe
Beachhead 2000
about:blank - Microsoft Internet Explorer
Explorer
Systray

(GAME OVER:)

Beachhead - Microsoft Internet Explorer
Beachhead16.exe
Beachhead 2000
about:blank - Microsoft Internet Explorer
Explorer
Systray

On my Win95b machine, it seems I only get as far as . . .

Beachhead 2000
Explorer
Systray

BEACHHEAD 2000 DEMO - System Requirements:

Win95/98
Pentium II, 233MHz + (another site says 133MHz +)
DirectX 7.0 compatible Video Card
DirectSound compatible Sound Card
8X CD-ROM ( for Retail Version )
32 MB RAM minimum

MY MACHINE:

Computer was custom-built on May 12, 1998 :

Microsoft Windows 95-B ( OSR2.5 Genuine ) OEM 4.0.1212
Intel Pentium II, MMX, 300 MHz Processor (w/Cooling Fan)
ENPC EP-KL21 v1.3 (4-PCI 3-ISA 1-AGP) 12/1997 Mainboard
Award BIOS v4.51PG 02/20/98-i440LX-SMC67X-2A69JECBC-00
Deep Electronic Co. ATX-725b (250 Watt) 3.3V Power Supply
Quantum Bigfoot TX 12GB HD; UDMA/33 DMA=ON; MASTER (C: D:)
Samsung 3.5" (1.44 MB/2.88 MB) Internal Floppy Drive (A:)
Yamaha CRW3200EZ (40X) DMA=ON; Internal CD-RW; MASTER (E:)
Hitachi CDR-8330 (24X) DMA=ON; Internal CD-ROM; SLAVE (F:)

Rockwell 56K-Flex 56000 BPS PnP Internal Fax/Voice/Modem
ATI RagePro AGP 2X; 4MB (28MB AGP) SGRAM (Macxw4.drv=4.11.2548)
VGA / MPEG / 95 / OSR2 Video Chip
Display Resolution: 800x600xHigh Color (16-bit)
DCS S727 PCI (Ensoniq clone) Sound Card; (Eapci.vxd=4.05.1053)
Standard Universal PCI to USB Host Controller
USB Root Hub

288 MB (128-128-32) SDRAM DIMM (168-Pin) Memory Modules
220 MB Free RAM Memory (with all running programs CLOSED)
8 MB MinFileCache
32 MB MaxFileCache
2048 Bytes Chunksize
2048 KB NameCache
48 KB DirectoryCache
250 MB Min. Virtual Memory ("Let Windows manage memory")
250 MB Max. Virtual Memory ("Let Windows manage memory")

Smile CB6738SL (PnP) 17" Digital Color Monitor 0.26dp
Hewlett-Packard SK-2501K Keyboard ( w/13 Hotkeys )
Microsoft IntelliMouse Trackball v3.2 Mouse
Microsoft Sidewinder Precision Pro v3.0 Joystick
Lexmark 7200-V Color Printer

DIRECTX 8.0a Details:

When I received this error message I was using the "latest" video driver (4.11.01.2560) for this ATI Card. The reason I am now using the "next-to-latest" video driver (4.11.01.2548) is because the game STAR WARS: ROGUE SQUADRON doesn't work correctly with 4.11.01.2560 driver (1-inch black box stays in the middle of my screen).

Also, "Beachhead 2000 Demo" is the ONLY game with this problem . . . and I have at least 30 "demos and Retail game versions" on my computer, recently uninstalled about 18-games for more hard disk space.

I Scandisk, First Aid 98 (daily) and Disk Defrag (weekly).

the reason it says, "about:blank - Microsoft Internet Explorer" under the title (Introductory Screen) is because with this game demo, I noticed I had to OPEN INTERNET EXPLORER "first" before I even start up the DEMO . . . or IE never seems to open, I just see that mouse cursor HOURGLASS "turning and turning."