Deus Ex: Invisible War + Vista

[stargate125645]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

I am having issues getting Invisible War to run on my machine. I installed it and am able to get to the menu screen only if I Alt+Tab in and out of the program. This happens for all resolutions. Furthermore, when I go to play the game, I have to hit Esc to bring up the menu where I choose my character's looks, but that is all I'm able to do. I confirm that I want to start the game, then the "Ion Launcher" program begins only to terminate without any error message. Nothing exists in the Task Manager or anywhere else.

Is there a known issue between this game and Vista? This is my only computer so I can't load the game in XP and play if that is the case, so any help getting it to run on my machine as is would be greatly appreciated!

Edit: Compatibility mode through Vista for XP SP2 and Windows 2000 do not work, either. All my drivers are updated.