Webster

yep. vista has a problem with games in the program files, you see vista doesnt think games are programs so it doesnt let them work there.

you should install them directly to "c drive" and not to "c drive/ programs" like most games are set up to do and all works great or even on a seperate partition if you have one. i have been told its best to click on "my computer" then "c drive" and create a folder there called "games" and then redirect all your game installations to install all your games there into the "games" folder.