It's an old game, but I like it.
Most modern laptops would not have trouble running it, except for the resolution.
On my Dell XPS-13 with ridiculously high resolution, I found this trick.
When started, go to "options", then "graphics" and "reset to default".
The print to do this will be very small, but find a way to do it.
When you accept the change, it may be on something like 1400 by something.
You might be better served by changing to 1920x1080 or whatever.
Once you have it set the way you want it, exit the program.
Now find the rise2.ini. Use EverythingSearch.
Right-click, choose "properties" and check "read only".
Now, when RoN starts it can't alter the .ini file and should continue to work.
If you want to change resolution after doing this, you will have to change "read only" to edit.
The resolution can be changed manually in the .ini file.