Vista issues

[/FONT][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]By default, Windows Vista has a feature called User Account Control enabled. User Account Control limits the usage rights for all users using the system, including any Administrator account. What this means is that any software that requires access to your system must be given permission for this access. This requirement is common with setup utilities. This is because the program in the setup utility may require certain runtime modules be explicitly installed to your system. This has been common for years, but with Windows Vista, the system security has been tightened up to prevent malicious programs from gaining automatic access to the system.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]If you know where your software is coming from, then it is usually always safe to install that software.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]User Account Control is enabled by default, but it can be disabled so you do not have to always see the Windows Security warning messages or have trouble with certain applications. Computers are more secure with UAC enabled, however, if you are a more advanced user, or if you are trying to install an application that is not so Vista friendly, you may find it easier with UAC disabled. To do this, follow these instructions (these instructions may vary slightly on your machine):[/FONT]

1. [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Go to User Accounts. You can do this from the Start button in your taskbar. Click Start/Settings/Control Panel/User Accounts and Family Safety/User Accounts.[/FONT]
2. [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Select Turn User Account Control on or Off. Uncheck the box to turn User Account Control off and select OK.[/FONT]
3. [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]You will have to restart your computer.
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]You can always renable it if needed later.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif][/FONT]Program Files is Restricted by Default (Administrator Access is Required)[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Because of the way Vista is setup, you have limited rights to anything in your Program Files folder by default. This can maybe cause errors because some programs can't write data correctly. To get this to work so applications can save data to these folders, you can try to right click your Flight Simulator icon, and select Run as Administrator. This may or may not work in every instance.[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]For a more permanent solution, you have 3 options:[/FONT]
[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]1. Turn off User Account Control[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]See this[/FONT]section above for [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]instructions on disabling User Account Control.[/FONT]
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[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]2. Change Folder Permissions[/FONT]

1. [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Open Program Files in Windows Explorer, or double-click Computer on your desktop.[/FONT]
2. [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Open Microsoft Games. You will see the Flight Simulator folder. Right click that folder. Select Properties/Security Tab/Advanced. Optional - You can select the entire Program Files folder instead, and then you do not have to worry about this for other applications in the future. [/FONT]
3. [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Select the Owner tab, then Edit. Click Continue if a User Account Control dialog comes up.[/FONT]
4. [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Highlight your user account (it must be an administrator account and the one you use when using Flight Simulator), and select Apply. Click OK all the way back to your folder list.[/FONT]
5. [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Now, right click the same folder again. Select Properties, then the Security Tab.[/FONT]
6. [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Select Edit and type in your user name. After it appears, select Full Control in the checkbox list. Click all the OK buttons again.[/FONT]
7. [FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]To test (optional): Open up the folder you just changed permissions on. Then from the File menu in the top of the screen, select New, and then it should open up a dropdown list with many items such as Text Document. This means you now have a rewritable folder! Check this on another subfolder and you will not likely have this option (unless you changed permissions on the full Program Files folder).[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]3. Do not install Flight Simulator to Program Files.[/FONT]

[FONT=Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]We do not recommend installing to Program Files unless User Account Control is disabled. If User Account Control must be enabled, you may want to remove Flight Simulator X, and reinstall it to a new folder that is outside Program Files, such as C:\FSX. A shorter path makes the program easier to work with when working with files manually because of the shorter path.[/FONT]
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