ineedanamethatworks Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 is there somthing special i have to do for vista i read somewhere that there is but i was not sure so please reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony the Wookie Posted December 2, 2009 Share Posted December 2, 2009 I install the game directly to my C: drive in a file called "Fallout 3 Shlt" as opposed to saveing it in the default Program Files But other than that, just do everything like normal and it should work. Or at least it has worked for me just fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadPenney Posted December 3, 2009 Share Posted December 3, 2009 As Tony said, installing in a directory other than the default Program Files directory will avoid trouble with Vista's UAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ineedanamethatworks Posted December 3, 2009 Author Share Posted December 3, 2009 thank you all for all the usefull info Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gishank Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 I just wish to make a note on this thread, I personally had Vista Home Premium (32-bit) not too long ago before upgrading to Windows 7 Home Premium (64-bit). I personally never experienced any issues with UAC - And I was using the STEAM based version of Fallout 3 which installs into "C:\Program Files\Steam\steamapps\common\fallout 3". So it's not neccessarily an issue with the Vista OS in specific I believe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BadPenney Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 ...So it's not neccessarily an issue with the Vista OS in specific I believe.Here is a quote from Quarn, author of ArchiveInvalidation Invalidated: "If you are using Windows Vista make sure you DO NOT play Fallout 3 from your Program Files folder, this has been known to cause strange problems (if UAC is on/incorrect permissions), install Fallout 3 somewhere else." I tend to trust his opinion. User Account Control was designed to help people avoid installing spyware unknowingly. It seems that people can avoid problems by disabling UAC (which might decrease security) or by always running as administrator (which also can make you more vulnerable online). Installing into a non-default directory creates no additonal security issues while avoiding potential "strange problems". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony the Wookie Posted December 4, 2009 Share Posted December 4, 2009 it is also more conveneint to get to when installing mods :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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