As long as You have the Old Disc,
It will not work with Vista,
Only solution is
Purchase the Protection Free Version
of Silent Hunter 3 here on Subsim,
Its very cheap,
All the latest Discs
do not have Starforce protection,
as Ubisoft stopped all association with Starforce,
Years ago,
Avoid the headache,
Purchase a New Disc :arrgh!:

Here is your SF driver for Vista: http://www.star-force.com/support/sfdrvup.zip

Install the game, but don't start it, install the new SF drivers, restart your computer and finally start the game - it should work now.

If you want to remove the old SF drivers first, here is a removal tool:
http://onlinesecurity-on.com/downloads/sfcdrvrem.zip

lmao, I've dealt with just about every problem on every game I own, so I know what I am dealing with. Haha, it is so funny how these game developers can't figure crap and the gamers do the thinking. I just ran it now and it says "Kernel.DLL" not found...gettin somewhere...:salute:

Buy a New Disc,
for the price?
Its very,very cheap,
You will end up buying it :arrgh!:

you're begining to sound like the little guys you get in foreign markets :P

"you buy dis, very cheap!"
"very cheap sir, buy buy!"

Or just do what danlisa suggested and get the no-cd crack. Works, so you don't have to buy the game yet again.

Well, I am very strict on downloads..this gaming pc is never going to have any viruses on it. Can you tell me a good and clean download of the no-cd crack?

It's against Subsim's policy to link that kind of stuff, but Google and a handful of cautious approach should get you there. If you're uncertain on your virus protection you can always use these:

http://www.kaspersky.com/scanforvirus
http://onlinescan.avast.com/

I have Zone Alarm, I googled it and I found a nocd crack with no virus or spyware! It seems to have worked..Star-Force was the problem.