SquallStrife

That's a bug with pretty much any 90s game that uses DirectDraw. The solution is to terminate the "explorer.exe" process, then run the game from Task Manager (Ctrl+Shift+Escape). I have NFI why, but that works for me for Starcraft, Diablo, and a handful of other DDraw games.

"Command and Conquer: The First Decade" contains a version of C&C:RA that runs on modern WIndowses without much messing around.