[Ascent] Requesting help, please take a look.

Hello, this is my first post, and I hate to show my noob side so early and ask for help but I am very stuck and I have a few people relying on me to figure this out.. But none the less I would like to say hi everyone! I have been looking around this website for awhile and I really enjoy what I see, I hope to become a good part of the community!

With all that said, here is my problem. Whenever I try to start my Ascent exe's, such as logon server, or world I get this error: "This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect, reinstalling this application may solve this error" something along that line.

Also when I am supposed to enter my host information in System 32/drivers/hosts I enter the information and hit save but it won't let me save over the origional file, it wants me to create a new text document, is this a problem?

Now I have tried redownloading it, downloading different versions, updating all my files, reinstalling my SQL, I just can't figure it out, I have use the search function and found nothing aswell as in the FAQ, also I have checked, double checked, and triple checked the setup guide aswell as my codes and found no mistakes, so if anyone could help me I would greatly appreciate it. =)

I am using Windows XP, Media Center edition, SP2, US English, with support for other languages.

Thanks for taking a look!