You can right click on the game icon and "run as administrator" or as
a permanent solution... right click, select properties, advanced, and
check the box that says..."run as admin"

On Sun, 5 Aug 2007 15:32:00 -0700, TSO <TSO@discussions.microsoft.com>
wrote:

>I was looking to buy Battlefield 2 + Special Forces...what do you mean buy
>(Run BF2.exe As Administrator) and how do you do that?
>
>sry that im such a noob...thanks
>
>"Ian Powell" wrote:
>
>> Heres a list of vista compatible games:-
>>
>> 1602 A.D. (32-Bit)
>> Agatha Christie : And then there were none (32 bit)
>> Agatha Christie : Murder on the orient express (32 bit)
>> Aliens versus Predator 2
>> Americas Army 2.7 (32-bit)
>> Anno 1701
>> Age of Empires and the Rise of Rome expansion
>> Age of Empires II and the Conquerors expansion
>> Age of Empires III and The WarChiefs expansion
>> Alice (American McGee’s)
>> Another World: 15th Anniversary Edition
>> Ankh II : hearth of Osiris (32-bit)
>> Armies of Exigo
>> Atlantis II (32-bit)
>> Atlantis III (32-bit)
>> Atlantis IV Evolution (32-bit)
>> Aura : Fate of the ages (32-bit)
>> Armed and Dangerous
>> Arx Fatalis
>> Blade Runner (32-bit)
>> Baldur’s Gate (32bit) (Polish version, English should work well too)
>> Baldur’s Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast (32bit) (Polish version, English
>> should work well too)
>> Battle for Middle-Earth 1 & 2
>> Battlefield 2 & Special Forces (Run BF2.exe As Administrator.)
>> Battlefield 2142(32bit)
>> Battlefield 2142(64bit) - Same settings used on XP, crashes to desktop at
>> every map change (after a certain period) due to low video card memory
>> (256mb). Disable Areo or set texture settings lower.
>> Black and White 2
>> Blood II The Chosen (It rarely crashes, but this was happening under XP
>> too.)
>> Broken Sword: The Angel of Death
>> Brothers in Arms: Road to Hill 30
>> Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth
>> Call of Duty & United Offensive
>> Call of Duty 2 (run cod2mp_s.exe in XP SP2 compability mode; SP fine.)
>> Call of Duty 2 upgraded to 1.3 works on Home Premium RTM no trouble (32 bit)
>> Championship Manager 2007
>> Civilization III (run as administrator, XP SP2 compatibility mode)
>> Civilization IV (Vista 32/64-bit)
>> Civ City Rome (32 bit)
>> Cobra 11 - Nitro (StarForce protection vista-update required)
>> Command & Conquer: Generals
>> Commandos: Beyond The Call Of Duty
>> Company of Heroes (32bit Home Premium) no problems generally.
>>
>> (NB With NVIDIA 8800GTX/GTS GPUs the game crashes when loading Cherbourg
>> level. Needs GPU driver update. ‘Open issue’ with 20/02/07 100.65 forceware
>> drivers)
>> Condemned - Criminal Origins
>> Continuum
>> Counter-Strike 1.6
>> Counter-Strike Condition Zero
>> Counter-Strike Source
>> Crashday (With patch 1.1 + No Intro Fix)
>> Cricket 07 (Australian version - works on both x86 & x64)
>> Darwinia
>> Day of Defeat
>> Deal or No Deal
>> Delta Force Black Hawk Down & Team Sabre
>> Deus Ex
>> Diablo I
>> Diablo II - NOTE: For best results, set Compatibility Mode for application
>> to Windows XP SP2 in the shortcut’s properties and run as Administrator.
>> This should allow all features of game to work properly, including LAN and
>> Battle.Net play. If the game takes too long to start up, try disabling Aero
>> Glass (or under compatability disable desktop composition).
>> Doom 2(Doom95) (Requires DPlay.dll in the game’s directory for doom95 to
>> work properly)
>> Doom 3 (Requires working OpenGL support)
>> Doom 3: Resurrection of Evil (Requires working OpenGL support)
>> Doomsday 3D Engine v1.9.0 Beta 4
>> Dracula 2 (32-bit) (Win 98 Compatibility Mode)
>> Dreamfall : the longest journey (32-bit) : run after installation of
>> Starforce Drivers. Install them form this page
>> Driver (32bit)
>> Duke Nukem 3D Atomic Edition with all Add-Ons (for Windows Edition; not
>> original 16-bit MS-DOS) (This game works slowly with too low performance if
>> you don’t install the driver of your graphic card manually although Vista
>> automatically recognizes and installs the drivers of your graphic card and
>> DirectX.)
>> Duke Nukem 3D High Resolution Pack (HRP) (also External Release (XTR)) v1.0
>> Duke Nukem Manhattan Project
>> Dungeon Keeper
>> Dungeon Keeper 2 (32-Bit)
>> Dynasty warriors 4 hyper
>> EA Link for EA Games
>> Elder Scrolls: Oblivion: Runs great on Vista with 1.1 patch
>> Eve Online Fully working (32-bit)
>> Evany : Crystal keys II (32-bit)
>> Everquest
>> Everquest II
>> Far Cry (64-bit and 32-bit with v1.4 patch)
>> Evidence - the last ritual
>> F.E.A.R (32-Bit).Runs fine in XP SP2 Compatibility
>> F1 2006 (Win 98/Me Compatibility Mode)
>> FlatOut 2 (32 bit Home Premium)
>> Flight Simulator 2004
>> Flight Simulator X
>> FBI: Hostage Rescue
>> F.E.A.R
>> FIFA 07
>> FIFA Manager 2007
>> Football Manager 2007
>> Freedom Force vs. The Third Reich
>> Freelancer
>> Flatout 2 (European with Starforce update)
>> Ghost Recon: Advanced Warfighter
>> Gothic 3 (Windows Vista wont allow 2 files to install in system folder(64
>> bit))
>> Grand Prix 4
>> Grand Theft Auto II
>> Grand Theft Auto III
>> Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas
>> Grand Theft Auto: Vice City
>> Guild Wars: All 3 versions ( Prophecies, Factions, Nightfall )
>> Gun
>> GunBound WC
>> Half Life
>> Half Life 2 & Half Life 2: Episode One
>> Halo: Combat Evolved(need a patch windows tel you about it)
>> Halo: Custom Edition(needs a update tho download
>> http://hce.halomaps.org/index.cfm?pg=3&fid=1884)
>> Heroes 5
>> Hitman: Blood Money
>> Hitman: Contracts
>> Hoyle Card games 2007 works great.
>> Hoyle Board games 2007 works great.
>> Hoyle Puzzle games 2007 works great.
>> Hugo: The Evil Mirror
>> In The Groove + Impact dancepad
>> Jack the Reaper
>> Jade Empire: Special Edition (x86 & x64)
>> Jazz Jack Rabbit 2
>> Little Fighter 2 (32 bit)
>> KISS: Psycho Circus The Nightmare Child
>> Lara Croft: Tomb Raider Legend
>> Lego Star Wars II (64-bit)
>> Lineage II: Chronicle 5 (32-bit) works well!
>> LOCOMOTION by Chris Sawyer (64-bit)
>> Max Payne 1.01
>> Max Payne 2
>> Medal Of Honor: Allied Assault Installed MOHAA Ver1.1 on 32-bit Ultimate,
>> plays fine with no problems at all, multiplayer untested as yet.
>> Klotski (and Microsoft Entertainment Pack 1991)
>> Magic Ball 3
>> Marvel: Ultimate Alliance (x86 and x64)
>> Myst III : Exile (32-bit)
>> Myst IV : Revelation (32-bit)
>> Myst V : End of Ages (32-bit)
>> Myth II Soulblighter v1.6 (32 and 64bit)
>> MU Online (Ultra low FPS)
>> Need for Speed (32-bit)
>> Need for Speed III: Hot pursuit
>> Need for Speed Most Wanted
>> Neverwinter Nights 2 (32-bit and 64-bit)
>> Nexuiz
>> NHL 06
>> NHL 07
>> Outrun 2006
>> Paradise (from Benoit Sokal) (32-bit)
>> Pariah (With 98/ME Compatibility mode)
>> Pacific Warriors
>> Phantasy Star Universe
>> Prey (Requires working OpenGL support)
>> Prince of Persia: The Sands of Time
>> Prince of Persia: The Two Thrones (Starts Windows MCE upon exit?)
>> Pro Evolution Soccer 6
>> Psychonauts
>> Quake 2
>> Quake 3 Arena
>> Quake 4 (v1.3) Works. Tested on Vista Enterprise 64-bit and Vista Ultimate
>> 32-bit
>> Race - The WTCC Game
>> Ragnarok Online
>> Rainbow Six: Lockdown
>> Rainbow Six: Vegas
>> Return to mysterous Island
>> Rise of Nations Gold (32 bit)
>> RollerCoaster Tycoon [With the Loopy Landscape Add-On] (Vista 32-bit)
>> - Add the “Windows 95? compatibility mode for the file “rct.exe”
>> - Add the “Full control” right to “Everyone” for the folder of RCT and its
>> subfolders.
>> RollerCoaster Tycoon 2 [Original and all Add-Ons] (Vista 32-bit)
>> - Add the “Full control” right to “Everyone” for the folder of RCT2 and its
>> subfolders.
>> RollerCoaster Tycoon 3 [Original and all Add-Ons] (Vista 32-bit)
>> Rome: Total War
>> Savage (32-bit)
>> Schizm : mysterious journey (CD) (32-bit)
>> Scratches (32-bit) : Update of Starforce drivers NOT needed
>> Second Sight
>> SimCity 3000 Unlimited (32-bit)
>> SimCity 4 and RushHour Expansion (Vista 64-bit)
>> Soul Reaver 2
>> Splinter Cell
>> Splinter Cell: Pandora Tomorrow
>> Splinter Cell: Chaos Theory
>> Splinter Cell: Double Agent
>> Star Wars Galaxies
>> Star Wars Galactic Battlegrounds and Clone Campaigns
>> Star Wars Jedi Academy (32bit)
>> Star Wars Jedi Outcast (32bit)
>> Star Wars Battlefront 2 (32bit)
>> Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic 2 (32 bit).Runs fine in XP SP2
>> Compatibility
>> Starcraft
>> Steam (Build: Jan 15 2007, 10:37:59)
>> Super Collapse! Puzzle Gallery 1.0.8.0
>> Super Mario Forever (After starting the game, the mouse cursor of Vista
>> still appears on the screen. Ignore it.)
>> SWAT 4 & The Stetchkov Syndicate (32-bit)
>> Test Drive Unlimited (if there are problems run as administrator and/or in
>> xp sp2 compatibility mode)
>> The Amerzone (32-bit) (Win 98 Compatibility Mode)
>> The Black Mirror (2nd edition, 2CD without Starforce) (32-bit)
>> The longest journey (32-bit). Official patch here
>> The Elderscrolls Oblivion (32-bit)
>> The Sims 2 (32-bit/64-bit)(All expansions pack works!)
>> The Movies (32-bit)
>> The Simpsons - Hit & Run (32-bit)
>> Titan Quest
>> Tomb Raider I, II; III; The Lost Artefact, Revelation, Chronicles, Angel of
>> darkness : run with unofficials patchs. See this site.
>> Tomb Raider Legend (32bit)
>> Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 4
>> Top Spin 2 (32 bit) Slow loading but work perfect
>> Train Simulator (Microsoft) (Vista 32-bit)
>> Turok: Dinosaur Hunter
>> Unreal Tournament 1999 Game of the Year Edition
>> Unreal Tournament 2004 - The text to speech engine switches from the game
>> engine to the one supplied with Vista, if you don’t get voice taunts from
>> other players, check your control panel text to speech voice to make sure it
>> works.
>> URU : Ages beyond Myst with “The path to the Shell” extension (32-bit)
>> Vampire the Masquerade: Bloodlines
>> Warcraft 3 & also The Frozen Throne(With 98/ME Compatibility Mode)
>> Warhammer Mark of Chaos
>> Warhammer Dawn Of War 40k (32 Bit)
>> World of Warcraft - May have issues with Graphics and Sound (Depending on
>> Hardware Installed)
>> Wolfenstein: Enemy territory 2.60b (Worked perfectly with Ultimate RTM, usin
>> PNY Verto GeForce 6600GT, and nVidia 97.46 forceware for Windows vista)
>> World Racing 2 (StarForce protection vista-update required)
>> Worms 4: Mayhem
>> Worms Armageddon with latest patch (32bit)
>> Worms World Party
>> X3 : Reunion
>> X-Plane v7+ (32bit)
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