Attempting to start game causes computer to restart - please help - Resolved!

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Lord Darcy:
Resolving Windows STOP errors is tricky. Anything can trigger STOP error - faulty hardware, virus, incompatible driver - in my case the culprit was a piece of bad RAM. You may have to go through a long elimination process before you find the root cause.

tcpip.sys suggests that there is something wrong with your network connection. SimsSpore executable tries to establish connection when you start the game.
Did you run the game when connected to internet? If so, disconnect before you start the game.

If I were you, I'd start looking for the culprit first from network connection, like routers or LAN card.

Quick Google search with your STOP error led me to this MS article. May or may not relevant to your problem.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/906882

Edited for the stupid habit. Spore, not Sims.

Rascal:
Thank you Lord Darcy for your help.  The network connection would have been a logical source of the problem as it is a common factor with both computers.  However, the other common factor was the game disk!  It turns out we have a faulty disk after all.   >:(

After trying many many possible solutions suggested on various threads on various sites with no luck my son borrowed another game disk from a friend.  I manually uninstalled then installed the game from the friend's disk and so far everything is working perfectly. 

I will be taking the game back to the shop tomorrow for a replacement.

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