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Re: Vista RC1 and beyond compatability
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Originally Posted by NitroNutter
Wanting to join servers using punkbuster, which probably goes for any game using punkbuster you would need to start BF2 or other games as administrator. Seems like all this restricted privelages accounts are almost useless if so much needs to run with escalated privelages. Doesnt seem right, as linux wouldnt require this.  |
The reason behind this is bad programming. Too many programs (particularly games) assume that the user has Administrator rights, so won't work under limited accounts as they cannot do something they need to (like write to a registry key etc.
TBH, there isn't any excuse for that kind of sloppy programming. Microsoft said years ago that they would be introducing enhanced security in Vista, so all software companies should be trying to get ready for it.
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