Vista specific issues
Game Error [201]
An error which sometimes occurs for those running Vista.
There are two security models for Vista (32 bit and 64 bit):
32 bit - the administrator account is granted full admin rights and so
running the launcher from it won't work (error 201 or a loop).
Solution - create a new (non-admin) account for running LOTRO, then assign full
rights to the Lord of the Rings Online program folder to that account.
Then run the launcher from that account.
64 bit - admin rights are not automatically granted to the main account
and so the launcher will run, but there is an error in the installation in
that it doesn't give write access to the main user account - it opens the .dat
file for write, when it should only open it for read).
Solution - you need to set full access rights to the Lord of the Rings Online program folder for the main account.
Step by step process, courtesy Khazneh:
• Click on Start
• Click on Computer
• Double click on C:
• Double click on Program files (x86)
• Right click on Codemasters
• Click on Properties
• Select the Security tab
• Click on Edit
• Click on Add
• Enter your PC User Name
• Click OK
• Click on the tick box beside Full Control under the allow column
• Click OK
Another solution found to work for some people is to install the game in a location outside the normal Program Files folders, thus avoiding the security that the operating system applies to those folders.
