CIV and Windows 7
 

I guess you can guess what my problem is:

Windows 7 doesn't like CIV!


how oh how do I keep it from installing on my admin account? It odes that even if I start the install from my local (non-admin) account.

and how can I make Windows 7 stop asking me for the darn admin password eacht ime I start CIV?????

and, while I am at it, how do I make it like Buffy? Currently, it can't start the mod at all. [:(]

Civ 4 needs to run with administrator rights. With Win 7 that usually means installing and patching by right-clicking on the .exe and choosing run as administrator and running on an administrator account.

I run using an administrator account so don't have the issue of it asking for my administrator password.

I also don't use Buffy so can't help there although the issues may be related to not running on an administrator account.

You could try installing it to a non-standard location rather than letting it go into program files.

thanks - I'll try....

running CIV as admin still asks for an OK. :( but at least I get to have sounds! No audio options, though, so I can't turn them off either.

I have no issues running Civ4 in Windows 7 but I installed it on the Admin account.

If you want to run Buffy mod, you definitely need to "run as administrator"

Same here, installed on the admin account and it runs fine. From a technical viewpoint that is, from a gameplay PoV it's a different story :D

run as admin doesn't work, Bufyy doesn't start at all :( not on an admin account either.

ah screw it, I have no time for CIV anyways [lol]

have you installed it from your admin account? Steam is rather picky about that I've noticed.

CIV, not CiV ;)
no steam

in that case forget my previous post about civ running ok on win7 on my machine :)