This type of user account is also created during installation but is not called Administrator but instead has the username the user of the computer has selected. The other administrator account is a user account which has been granted administrator rights. There is one which has a username called Administrator, this account is preconfigured during installation of Vista (and Windows 7) and is hidden until it gets unhidden using the command you get on the website I linked to. My native language is english on this computerGood, then you don't have to think about the language thing.īasically there is two different types of Administrator accounts. My default Vista account does have Administrator privileges but I had to use the Administrator account anyway, Vista surely is a strange bird.
#Define stronghold install#
I have myself had another game that would not install on Vista instead throwing strange errors, logging on using the Administrator and installing the game solved the problem. Are you saying to try the installation on the administrator account to see if it installs past this error? Yes, that is what I am suggesting. THe administrator thing sounds like a good idea, but i cannot complete installation. The setting can be found in Control Panel under International settings. If your language settings is for a foreign language having a lot of foreign characters like Turkish, then there is a chance setting the operating system to using English during installation might solve a installation problem. Well i saw some other topics that had this same error and it was said that it was something along the lines of the PC not being able to read something due to a language setting. Try reinstalling the program to fix this problem) when trying to start the game, install the latest release of Microsoft DirectX. If you get the following error System error (The program can't start because d3dx9-27.dll Remember to disable the Administrator account again. Then log off the Administrator account and logon using your usual account.
#Define stronghold how to#
The instructions how to do that can also be found in above link. If you don't want to give it a password it is highly recommended to disable the administrator account again later on when you are logged in using your own account. Note that the Administrator account does not have a password. You do this by following the instructions in this link: Īfter the Administrator account has been enabled Logoff your account and instead logon using the Administrator account. I am not quite sure what you mean by "the hole language thing" but try this which might work:Įnable the Administrator account on vista.