An "Access Violation" is one of the many names for a common programming error. It occurs when the programmer writes outside of the memory block that he has reserved for the use of his program. Windows returns the offending module and address.
Ordinarily an access violation can only be fixed by rewriting the code and recompiling it. As a rule a patch is issued to overwrite the faulty original.
If the game came with a support contact address then use it. Supply the exact version of the game. (Often there is an "About" option in the Help menu.) Supply the exact version of your OS. Copy down the message exactly and describe exactly what you do to generate the error.
It is unusual for commercial software to give an access violation on startup. Out of curiosity you might want to try the appropriate MS newsgroup to see if anybody else has experienced the same thing. Start at
<a href="http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/newsgroups/default.aspx</a>
Click on Games in the left frame and then Links2001.