Thanks for the info, will try on a windows 7 test pc I have set up upstairs later.
-----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Thomas Ward Sent: 10 March 2012 09:34 To: Gamers Discussion list Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Monopoly Hi Dark, Well, I can answer that one. Microsoft's User Account Control, UAC, is a security system which is there to prevent users and applications from modifying secured files, folder, and programs without an admin level user name and password. This is similar to the program sudo found on Linux that performs essentually the same functionality. As a result the idea here is to prevent hackers, trojans, viruses, and worms from accessing restricted areas of the operating system. Generally it is a good idea to use UAC for that additional layer of security, but unfortunately not everything written for Windows is UAC compliant. For example, if you download one of Jim Kitchens games, say Football, it will save all the season standings, settings, etc to data files in the Kitchensinc folder. Well, because Microsoft was extremely lax on security issues on 9t5, 98, Millennium, XP, etc it was perfectly ok to do that. So we can't blame developers like Jim for saving data to the installation directory because it was the easiest thing to do. However, with Vista and now Windows 7 Microsoft decided to get security conscious and have created User Account Control similar to sudo on Linux to prevent programs from accessing various secured areas on the hard drive including Program Files and Program Files (x86) which unfortunately is where many games save their data to. With UAC enabled Windows 7 assumes the game is attempting to illegally access said directories and sometimes said program crashes because its being blocked by UAC. One of the best ways to fix said problems is to turn off UAC, but in doing so you end up removing that extra layer of security in the process. What I do instead is right click on the program's icon select admin, and press enter. This launches the app as administrator and I can leave UAC on so that I get both the security as well as play older games that haven't been updated with UAC compatibility. I think most people tell end users to turn UAC off simply because they don't know how to get around it. There are several ways to set up an app and make it coexist with UAC without disabling UAC. One way is to install the app locally in c:\users\username\programs which means it will run locally for that individual user. Another way is to click on the icon and select run as admin from the pull down menu. Finally, on Windows 7 Ultimate there is a way to customize UAC so it will not block certain programs. So there isn't any need to disable UAC if you know how to run older programs on Windows 7 correctly. Cheers! On 3/9/12, dark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Kurt. > > In the kitchinsinc directory, all the monopoly board files are just > called monopolyboardname, as one word, for instance > monopolyboardaircraft or monopolyboardbeatles, so you can just delete them as normal. > > to be honest though, from everything I've heard, why have you got uac > on anyway? Almost every single program I've found advises you to turn > it off if you want stuff to run properly on windows 7. > > Beware the Grue! > > Dark. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected]. ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2114/4860 - Release Date: 03/09/12 ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.1913 / Virus Database: 2114/4860 - Release Date: 03/09/12 --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://mail.audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
