local= machine to run empire at war on.
server or other = another computer to which I store data.

Made image with 120% on local
tried to play game, failed in 120%
tried in dT with curerom1.3b failed (image on local still)
uninstalled 120% rebooted, 1 time success after exiting empire then trying to reenter fails
copied image files to server in my games image folder \\<server>\e$\gameiso\<image name>
created a new curerom1.3 icon to point to the image not being on the server
launched from new icon. now works nearly 100% (still randomly fails)

Hope that helps.