I just installed chessmaster XI and the 1.01 and 1.02 patches, but I get this error when I try to open the program:

"This application has failed to start because Kernel.dll was not found. Re-installing the application may fix this problem."

I tried reinstalling and it didn't work. I am running Vista if that helps..

Thanks,
Adrian

Are you installing from the DVD, or a download?

Also, have you tried running the install as an Administrator?

running from download. I tried redownloading again to see if the download was corrupt or something..will try installing as admin. Thanks

Okay.

From what I understand, the download comes as a .zip file. If you're using WinRAR to open the file, you might want try another tool such as WinZip... Others have mentioned that WinRAR had problems extracting some of the files (the User Manual in particular).

Hope this helps!

You have to have admin privileges to install Chessmaster.