Quote Originally Posted by Lemur
I agree with Sapi that you should be very cautious about messing with security policies. I also agree with Bijo that an upgrade to Windows XP would be advisable for any gamer. Even in DX9 mode, Vista has been shown to impose a 10%-15% drop in framerates. Not really justifiable, in my opinion.
Really? That's news to me, and I've been using said resource-hog for months

I'll concede that Vista does constitute a performance hit in synthetic benchmarks, but I haven't seen any real-world difference in games (outside the world of the source engine, which, as I've said before, has taken a huge hit for some reason).

Quote Originally Posted by Husar
You have to resist the evil temptation and get XP, using Vista is supporting dictators and terrorists.
That said, I turned the UAC off but then Whacker says my PC is as open as a barn door(a pretty well-running barn door though, I like to think the hackers keep it running because it's important to them somehow ).
What it does is when you copy files into your program files folder, it copies them elsewhere but shows them in the program files folder but your game or other program won't find them there as they aren't really there.
It doesn't actually show them there to the user; they're stored in users/[user]/appdata/local/virtualstore/ and can be edited as per usual. UAC simply redirects read/write requests for the game to there, and from the program's perspective, there's no real difference.

You may also not be allowed to edit any files there etc. It should work fine until you start modding games, changing .ini files etc. and I'm obviously too much of a noob to tell you how to do that without turning the whole thing off. *runs into corner in unimaginable shame*
That can be changed under secpol.msc > local policies > security options > User Account Control: Virtualiz file and registry write failures to per-user locations

Quote Originally Posted by Blodrast
Ooh, ooh, I can help with this one!

You need to get the Ultimate Tools for Vista.

You asked for a nice, easy-to-follow set of instructions that will let you work normally ?
Look no further! Ask and ye shall receive!
Here is the nice, easy-to-follow set of instructions that will allow you to get the most out of your Vista experience.

1. Go to the Ultimate Tools for Vista site here.
(Ooops, that site seems to be down for now, you can use an alternate one: here).
2. Choose your favourite flavour of the Ultimate Tools for Vista.
3. Download, burn on a CD.
4. Install.
5. Enjoy!

I personally guarantee that after this nice, easy-to-follow set of instructions, you will never have any problems with your Vista PC again!

Sorry, I couldn't resist.
That program disabled all my games