Have you ever used Vista and just can't seem to get programs to work? Are you getting strange errors when you run some software in Vista, but it works fine in Window XP? If you answer yes for any questions above, you should read on.

One of the most possible culprit will be Window Vista's new function, the User Account Control (UAC). It is a security function that prevents malware from receiving the privileges necessary to compromise the system. Click here to read more.


The very 'chatty' and annoying UAC

However, some programs and games can't seem to run with UAC turned on. Though not as safe, you can turn off UAC to run the program.


How to do it? Go to Control Panel and type "UAC" in the search bar. Click on Turn UAC on or off. Turn it off. Remember to restart.

If this does not work, you can try to use run program as administrator. This can be done by right clicking the program icon and click on run program as administrator.

Another solution is changing the compatibility mode of the program to Window XP or older. To do this, right click on the program icon, click Properties, and click on the Compatibility tab.

There you go. Hope you have your program up and running.


Signing off, tz