Age of Mythology and its various problems

I am an avid gamer and can fix many problems. Everything I do is legal, and I've never pirated a game. I am not about to pirate one just for a missing or corrupt .DLL file how can I fix it?

My error massege read much like this:

The application extension of MSVCP60.DLL

MSVCRT.DLL:_Ic_collate_cp.

is missing.

P.S. If you are one of those people that thinks that re-installing the game fixes the problem, it doesn't I've tried four times with various settings.

P.P.S. Somehow I think I should just return the copy for another and stop going to my friends to satisfy my cravings.