oh, thanks guys.  thanks frobozz and anyone who helped out.  its working now =)

is an mpid file just all the files involved with the game?

aw crap, now i was deactivating the mod so i could reactivate it and try it again, then it said that it was moving (the mod im assuming) from the folder 'orginalsavedgames' to singleplayer while i was deactivating it. when i tried to ...

yeah, its activated and everything. no other mods are activated. but when the disc is already in the comp. and i try to play it, it only partially loads and then goes to the desktop. i have to use the autoplay feature for it to load so i can use it. i dont know, im just gonna tell you everything ...

when i try to use the void server and i launch it, the screen for the void comes up for a couple seconds and then it goes back to the desktop. i dont know what to do. my guess is the graphics card, but i could be wrong

system: dell DM051
cpu speed: 2.80GHz
1022mb ram
graphics card: ati radeon 9250 ...

cool, thanks