I thought I had finally gotten my sons computer going. Except for a number of everyday applications that require authorization to open everytime, like Winrar.
But no so. My son has a significant investment in games.
1. One game, Sim City 4, wont install because it says "You need administrator privileges to install this game". There is no way to run as administrator from the retail CD. So we copied the files to HD, and tried to install from there, at least we could run setup.exe as administrator, but the game would not run. Complained of missing files (X_INPUT).
2. We backed up many of his Game CDs to our file server some time ago. This way, when we have to reinstall stuff, it's much faster from the server, than from the DVD drive. We found that in every instance, trying to open the .ISO or .RAR archives resulted in an error, where on windows 7 there was no problem. The error message is simply that the file could not be opened, yet they are fine.
3. We tried to install Star Craft 2, but it does nothing. Running it from the retail CD did nothing. Copying the files to the HD and then running setup as administrator did nothing.
you get the picture.. As we go through installing his games, we find so many that require elevatred rights or just wont install. Borderlands 2 which he just bought, managed to get running but it comes up with errors at the start, then crashes when you try to exit. But it works fine on Windows 7.
I turned off UAC, and turned off approval mode, but this did not solve any of the problems. All it did was disable metro apps, which he wants to be able to run.
Installed the games using the built in administrator accounts, but when attempting to run then from his account, they either do nothing, or just crash, such as with KOTOR.
I'm going to try creating a WIndows 7 VM on his Windows 8 computer as a short term solution, as dumb as that is! I have a few spare Windows licences. But I'd prefer to resolve the issues if possible.
All the research I've done says "live with it". You can't disable UAC, you can't get rid of the incessant and frequent nags, permission errors or lack of elevated privileges. I've been using computers since 1982, and never have I had so much problems getting anything done.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
But no so. My son has a significant investment in games.
1. One game, Sim City 4, wont install because it says "You need administrator privileges to install this game". There is no way to run as administrator from the retail CD. So we copied the files to HD, and tried to install from there, at least we could run setup.exe as administrator, but the game would not run. Complained of missing files (X_INPUT).
2. We backed up many of his Game CDs to our file server some time ago. This way, when we have to reinstall stuff, it's much faster from the server, than from the DVD drive. We found that in every instance, trying to open the .ISO or .RAR archives resulted in an error, where on windows 7 there was no problem. The error message is simply that the file could not be opened, yet they are fine.
3. We tried to install Star Craft 2, but it does nothing. Running it from the retail CD did nothing. Copying the files to the HD and then running setup as administrator did nothing.
you get the picture.. As we go through installing his games, we find so many that require elevatred rights or just wont install. Borderlands 2 which he just bought, managed to get running but it comes up with errors at the start, then crashes when you try to exit. But it works fine on Windows 7.
I turned off UAC, and turned off approval mode, but this did not solve any of the problems. All it did was disable metro apps, which he wants to be able to run.
Installed the games using the built in administrator accounts, but when attempting to run then from his account, they either do nothing, or just crash, such as with KOTOR.
I'm going to try creating a WIndows 7 VM on his Windows 8 computer as a short term solution, as dumb as that is! I have a few spare Windows licences. But I'd prefer to resolve the issues if possible.
All the research I've done says "live with it". You can't disable UAC, you can't get rid of the incessant and frequent nags, permission errors or lack of elevated privileges. I've been using computers since 1982, and never have I had so much problems getting anything done.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 7 Ultimate X64
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Home Made
- CPU
- Intel I7-3770K running @ OC 4.6ghz
- Motherboard
- ASRock Extreme6 Z77
- Memory
- 32GB G-Skill CL10Q @ 2400
- Graphics Card(s)
- EVGA GTX670 SC 4gb
- Sound Card
- Creative XFI Fataility Platinum
- Monitor(s) Displays
- LG 27" x 2 E2742-BV
- Screen Resolution
- 1920 x 1080
- Hard Drives
- OCZ Vertex 4 256GB (OS) SATA 3
1TB WD1000EARX SATA 3 Data
WD15EADS 1.5TB
- PSU
- Corsair HX650 Silver Professional Series
- Case
- HAF 932 ADV
- Cooling
- Corair H100 liquid cooler
- Keyboard
- Logitech G110 Gamer keyboard
- Mouse
- Razor Mamba
- Internet Speed
- ADSL 2+ 20.0mbps
- Other Info
- Gigabit infrastructure; Cabling, switches; DSL2750B Modem/Router All PCs connect to Windows 2008 R2 server for website, coldfusion, SQL, Firebird and media sharing & WSUS