CIv now requires admin priveledges and won't run

[splunge the 2nd]

Hi everyone.

I played Civilization 3 just last night with no problem and today when I try to run it (by shortcut, the exe, autorun from disk) I get the error message I need to log in with administrator privileges. I tested a few other programs and found the same error with Pirates. I checked and my log on is administrator. I tried changing the compatibility to run as admin and get the dialog box asking to allow the program to make changes and when I check yes, nothing starts. The same thing happens if I right click the exe or shortcut and run as administrator.
I restarted the PC with no change.

Other programs installed to the same folders run fine.

I am not aware of any changes to my operating system. A few days back I ran drive booster which updated various drivers but the game ran fine after the updates.

Any suggestions would be welcome.

 

[Marcher Lord]

I am having similar problems now. I have Vista and this happened just after the lastest updates were installed for this OS. No solutions as yet but will keep looking.

 

[splunge the 2nd]

Thanks Marcher. I've posted on Tom's and CNET. If I get a fix, I'll post it.

 

[Marcher Lord]

Found it elsewhere here. The recent updates to windows included Update KB3086255. I just uninstalled it and the game now runs.

Thanks to justanick for this. It looks like this might not work for Windows 10 as it is part of a security feature Microsoft wants to maintain so it will just be reinstalled. I have Vista still so I might be lucky.

 

[classical_hero]

We really need a no cd patch for civ3 and conquests, since we wan to be able to still play our games that we bought and paid for.

 

[Laurana Kanan]

We really need a no cd patch for civ3 and conquests, since we wan to be able to still play our games that we bought and paid for.

Look at Option #1 here: Civ 3, Windows Update KB3086255, & SafeDisc

 

[MPK]

i now have this problem. i bought another laptop and new civ3 complete. So my original laptop and civ3 conquests i put away for awhile. i decided to get it working again so i could mod my civ3 complete the same way. But when i started civ3 conquests game i got the message, "please login with administrator privileges and try again". - game worked fine 4-5 months ago before i got laptop and civ 3 complete.

my computer skills are zero. i have no idea what this is. how do i fix? ... i can not find any update listed as KB3086255 .....