Problem starting Age of Empires III

I've installed AoE III without any problem but the game won't launch (or
rather in over thirty attempts it has started twice!) I see the egg timer for
a few seconds but otherwise nothing and then eventual an error box flashes up
which says

Script Exception Win32StubLib (window title)

Error Code: 12
TR_Decrypt: Failed to get transaction encryption key
Param 1: 0
Param 2: 24 (I've seen different numbers here)

I have AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+ 1.7 GHz, 1Gb RAM, nVidia GeForce3 Ti200,
DirectX 9.0c and msxml 4(sp2)

Any ideas?

Hi redCaptain,

That error reminds me of a similar case I ran across when DS was released.
The root cause of the issue was the the person was trying to play the game
using a limited user account. Try using an Administrator account instead.

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redCaptain Wrote:
=================
| I've installed AoE III without any problem but the game won't launch (or
| rather in over thirty attempts it has started twice!) I see the egg timer for
| a few seconds but otherwise nothing and then eventual an error box flashes up
| which says
|
| Script Exception Win32StubLib (window title)
|
| Error Code: 12
| TR_Decrypt: Failed to get transaction encryption key
| Param 1: 0
| Param 2: 24 (I've seen different numbers here)
|
| I have AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+ 1.7 GHz, 1Gb RAM, nVidia GeForce3 Ti200,
| DirectX 9.0c and msxml 4(sp2)
|
| Any ideas?

No joy!

I was using an Administrator account. But, based on your suggestion I
reinstalled leaving the "Install for All Users" checked to see if that made a
difference but it didn't.

Thanks for the response anyway!

"Jimmy S." wrote:

> Hi redCaptain,
>
> That error reminds me of a similar case I ran across when DS was released.
> The root cause of the issue was the the person was trying to play the game
> using a limited user account. Try using an Administrator account instead.
>
> --
> Cheers, *Windows_XP_MVP_Shell/User*
> Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
> MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
> My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
> __________________________________________________ _______
>
>
> redCaptain Wrote:
> =================
> | I've installed AoE III without any problem but the game won't launch (or
> | rather in over thirty attempts it has started twice!) I see the egg timer for
> | a few seconds but otherwise nothing and then eventual an error box flashes up
> | which says
> |
> | Script Exception Win32StubLib (window title)
> |
> | Error Code: 12
> | TR_Decrypt: Failed to get transaction encryption key
> | Param 1: 0
> | Param 2: 24 (I've seen different numbers here)
> |
> | I have AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2000+ 1.7 GHz, 1Gb RAM, nVidia GeForce3 Ti200,
> | DirectX 9.0c and msxml 4(sp2)
> |
> | Any ideas?
>
>
>