Exactly. There were several workarounds necessary because of said protectiveness
I mean, I managed. It wasn't surgery. But it was still irritating because it took significant time to figure out how to do everything.
I wasn't registered here at the time, but I saw a few other guys posting about it over the summer. It seemed they just gave up but I eventually figured it out.
Either way, I'm sure Empire is optimized for Vista this time around. M2 was a while ago now.
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