OBMM error on exit

[eric31415]

I also have Win7 64, and ran the game from program files with UAC disabled for several months before reading this post by bben;

 

Posted 11 May 2011 - 09:22 AM

 

UAC is intended to protect all files installed in the program files folders from being changed by an unauthorized source. NO antivirus or firewall is perfect. The first thing a virus will do if it manages to get past your firewall and antivirus program is disable your antivirus so it can make changes without letting you know it is doing so. It will then block your antivirus from detecting it, and probably block the antuvirus updates - So, UAC IS needed as it does protect from these kind of changes.

 

Unfortunately, Microsoft was overzealous in implementing UAC so it also protects programs that do not need this kind of protection from changes - such as games.

 

Best solution, uninstall the game completely and install it outside of the program files folders. I recomend creating a C:\Games folder and placing all games in it - such as C:\Games\Oblivion. and even installing the Steam client there for any steam games you have, or get in the future - C:\Games\Steam

 

 

After following his advice, i have considerably more stable game, with less random weirdness. So it seems that some parts of UAC can't be disabled. That was also the only time i ever got a virus.

[MotoSxorpio]

I ran into this problem once: I reinstalled Oblivion, but only copied my OBMM files over. OBMM is installed to the registry, so just moving it cannot be done without some dumping.