hi, welcome to DAL, first off, click start > control panel> system and go to the Advanced tab. In the startup and recovery section, click settings. in the new window, in the startup and recovery section (in the middle) UN-tick the box that says automaticaly restart.
Try the game again... you should get a blur screen, at the top is a title, take note of this, also the error code (e.g something like 0x000000D or similar).
Wait for the memory dump to complete (incase it is needed later on) and restart your computer, post on here the error message and code,
This will help us to try and resolve your issue.
Thanks,
Mike