goty wont work on vista :(

[dezdimona]

Vista Problems

 

You MUST be signed on as an Administrator to do any of this.

 

If you have downloaded and installed a mod, and the mod is appearing in your Data Files List, but not in your game And you are running Vista, you have run into a security feature of Vista called User Account Control. Or more simply, UAC.

 

Quoted from the Oblivion Mods FAQ WIKI

 

Alternate Install Directory

If you install your Elder Scrolls game into any directory OTHER than the default, none of these problems occur. Thus, you can bypass the Vista security issues by installing the game onto another hard drive or into a new directory that is not located within the "Program Files" root directory (such as "C:\Games").

 

Run as Admin

Another way to fix it is to right-click the ".exe" file and click properties, then check "Run as administrator". Then click OK. Do this for both the "oblivion.exe" and TESConstructionSet.exe", and any programs you are using that copies files to protected directories (such as WinRAR, 7z, or WinZip).

 

Disable UAC

Windows Vista users who are fairly confident in the security of their computers might also consider disabling UAC altogether. This will allow all programs writing privileges to the Program Files directory. Although this obviously creates a state of decreased security for your PC, it is a very helpful one-size-fits-all solution to a number of compatibility issues with the Vista OS.

 

Look here for instructions on how to turn UAC off. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vis...-windows-vista/

 

Of these, solution #1 is STRONGLY PREFERRED. Solutions 2 and 3 (running as admin and disabling UAC) remove important safety features of the OS. In contrast, installing Oblivion elsewhere resolves the problems with Oblivion without reducing your overall security.

Wiki entry on installing Oblivion in Vista: http://cs.elderscrolls.com/constwiki/index.php/Windows_Vista

 

Note that unless you opt to reinstall the game in a different location (option 1) when you start trying to make your own mods using the construction set, you will run into these problems again.

 

 

also shut down all programs running in the back ground!

[Netwit2008]

yes im running it all as admin both the account and the run this as admin option, also disabling UAC has no affect neither did the DEP, as said the process is in the windows manager on the cntrl alt del, but somthing is blocking it , at the moment i am transfering all my files that i want such as pics music ect to disks then im gunna restore back to factory settings to get rid of any other programmes installed that might be blocking it

 

Have you got any firewalls or antivirus software running? I've never encountered any problem installing GOTY on vista 32/64 in or outside of the default install path.

 

I too have GOTY running on a Vista 64 bit machine, with about 44 mods now. I used the default install path with no problems. I've never turned UAC off, but I do run everything as an administrator. When downloading certain mods through OBMM it will tell me that I need to approve to continue, I approve it and it downloads and runs. Not sure why yours would be any different. Are you sure the disk itself isn't corrupt or damaged in some way?