I keep getting this message when I attempt to play the game, "insufficient privileges: you must be an administrator when you run this application for the first time." How do I fix it?

If you are the computer administrator, try right-clicking on the game, then "Run as Administrator". If this works, then you can save yourself the hassle of doing this every time by doing this:

1) Right Click on Spellforce 2 and goto Properties. 2) click on Compatibility. 3) Click on Run this program as an Administrator.
If this doesn't work, you need to change your computer settings so that every program can be started with administrator privledges:

http://www.vistaclues.com/always-run-an-application-as-an-administrator/

If you're trying to do this from a public place like a Library, this won't work.