Hi Jenny,
Thanks for the help, but I wasn't as lucky as Sarahandus :( The game instantly goes to "Not Responding" mode despite all my efforts.
I disabled my antivirus and tried running it on comparability mode. I got the same outcome.
I have an AMD Radeon graphics card.
After seeing that some other people also had problems with it on Win7, I attempted to setup a virtual PC. I created one with Win XP Service Pack 3 and another one with Windows Vista. Even in the virtual machines the same problem happens. Game freezes the moment I launch it (I don't even see an intro movie)
As a last resort I gave up on the version I had and bought another copy from this link (it says compatible with Win7)
http://www.dotemu.com/en/download-game/546/aura-2-the-sacred-ringsNo luck with this either, exactly the same problem.
I would appreciate any other suggestions.