Silent Hunter 2 on Windows XP - Runs only as Administrator

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I am trying to run Silent Hunter 2 on my computer.

When I try to run the program as a normal user, the screen goes black
and a box appears.

Silent Hunter II Hardware configuration

Video configuration

Choose a directdraw device

Audio configuration

Choose a directaudio device

On clicking OK, the screen goes blank and the box reappears after a
few seconds.

If I am logged in as a normal user, and I right click the game icon,
and select run as administrator, this problem still occurs.

If I login to windows admistrator, no such box appears and the game
runs normally.

Thanks in advance for any information on how to fix this, so that the
game runs on a normal users account.