I'm eating crow because the game I had tried to install and verify actually was installed. It installed to Program Files which I never use for games. It even put an icon on the desktop, but I have so many they sometimes overlap.
I recommend eating almost any other burd.
Still, I'd like to know why the verifier needs such a lengthy period of time connected to my computer, even long after I have done everything and verification has finished.
With my apologies,
Holly B.