Well, I just opened the game, walked off to grab a cup of coffee, came back 10 minutes later and the game was up ready to go. Guess I just needed to exercise some patience which I don't seem to have much of these days. Thanks for all the advice and everyone have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.
First, to answer Spinnifix, looks like I'm running Windows 10 Pro. Second, to answer kiara_wael, no, on my desktop. Yes, I still have one. Third, to answer Werner_Cichy, I checked the settings and Crush is active.