How to turn off the era timer as well increase follrins?

[Gilrandir]

Thanks.I like the Vikig era the best and want it to last longer then 1066.

Not me. It is not bad for a change (from MTW) but the unit roster is too limited and I usually get it over about a hundred years before 1066. Yet there are some factions I never played, so with them it is likely to last longer. The Welsh, for instance. Still afraid to try them - too powerful neighbors with huscarles up the sleeve and the Welsh have only those half-naked guys with fragile morale to counter them. But anyway sooner or later I will pluck up enough courage to give it a try.
What I found out during my last campaigns (Picts and the Irish) is the possibility to avoid Vikings' raids. In the first three turns you gotta send a priest to make alliance with them. They are usually good at honoring it. And this is true for VI anyway - in MTW alliances are broken more easily. At least this is my impression.