3dmark06 on vista/

Guru3d says that you need to run the program as administrator.

ok if i run it as a admin it says - this application has failed to start because openAL32.dLL was not found. re-installing the application may fix this problem- but iv re-installed twice and still the same ??? im lost

You need to install OpenAL. The 3DMark06 installer should have done this for you already, but download this and run as Administrator.

wot is openal?? sry for the stupid questions but i really am a noob..lol

It's something that 3DMark06 uses to create sound. Ironically enough, you don't hear sound during the normal tests, but it's still required to run.

I get that error every time I install 3dmark06. Just search google for a download for openal32.dll. Once you get that, just copy it into the 3dmark06 directory in program files. I think the path by default is:

c:\\program files (x86)\\futuremark\\3dmark06

just install openAl it will make everything works as it should

Sorry to bump such an old thread, but I had this problem before and installing the latest OpenAL32.dll worked, but now it's not at all. I copied the file into the 3DMark06 directory and all, but I still get the same error. I had this working on my last Windows Install of x64 Ultimate.

OpenAl pownz us all I guess!

So I'm guessing it's not working for you? Either?