I have been playing CD version of WinSPWW2 with absolutely no problems, other than I cannot ALT+TAB while the game is running in full screen, desktop mode. I usually play at deskytop fullscreen, and when I'm selecting units to expand my core, or to start a new campaign, I'll select fullscreen and 800x600.
So I installed WinSPMBT today, installed the patches 6, 10 & 12 from here
http://www.shrapnelgames.com/Camo_Wo.../MBT_page.html
I started the CD version of WinSPMBT with the exact same settings as WinSPWW2,and the game crashes immediately after the splash screen, or if disable the splash screen the game crashes almost immediately
SAL Error
IpDD->SetDisplayMode() failed, code 80004001
and
SAL Error
DirectDraw could not be initialized: Error code 800004001
I assumed that since WinSPWW2 worked, so would SPMBT.