Game crashes right after launch

[mem5000]

Version = 1.03.1

Stack Trace:

1 - 0x653cb60e
2 - 0x653bec75
3 - 0x653fde43
4 - 0x653f792f
5 - 0x65404993
6 - 0x659aef97 DrvSetCallbackProcs
7 - 0x77a9bf0c RtlInitializeExceptionChain
8 - 0x77b11df7 RtlInitializeContext

windows 8 on a surface pro

this was working fine a few days ago... the one thing that's changed since then, i installed a game called Rise of Nations, which required a reboot and installation of an XMSL parser or something like that. The game didn't work... the mouse wouldn't move, so i uninstalled it, and the xmsl parser. I also removed and reinstalled both the x86 and x64 C++ 2008 redistributables. I have deleted the game content via steam, and redownloaded/reinstalled. I'm currently downloading a slightly newer video driver, but it was working fine with the current video driver, so im not sure if thats going to help. Oh, and ive restarted several times. Any other tricks i might try?

[mem5000]

nevermind... new driver did fix it!