windows vista + punkbuster

[Anubis1055]

i just installed vista RC1 and am finding out that punkbuster dosnt like it. it has been rumored that there is a patch for this problem. i havnt been able to find it. every time i join a server i get kicked for inadiquate o/s privelages. anyone know how to fix this? thanks.

[KrayboX]

Re: windows vista + punkbuster

make your self admin ^^

[IndianScout]

Re: windows vista + punkbuster

right click the shortcut and set to "run as Admin"

[Scinto]

Re: windows vista + punkbuster

or under account settings theirs an option to disable the action tips thingy should be a tick box, once you disable it,

[Anubis1055]

Re: windows vista + punkbuster

thanks. it worked. but i have downgraded to windows XP. Vista is a bit too resource intensive. a clean install of vista with nothing else starts you at 50 processes compared to XP's 24. lag-o-rama.

thanks again.

[Spork]

Re: windows vista + punkbuster

Hey, sorry to bump this topic but I thought it better than to create one of the same type.

Well I am getting the same problem with Vista, yet I am the only user of Vista so I have full Admin rights.. I've changed around some things but still get disconnected for inadequte o/s privelages.

Help please
Cheers :)

[Scinto]

Re: windows vista + punkbuster

Method #4 - Using Control Panel

1. Open Control Panel.

2. Under User Account and Family settings click on the "Add or remove user account".



3. Click on one of the user accounts, for example you can use the Guest account.

4. Under the user account click on the "Go to the main User Account page" link.



5. Under "Make changes to your user account" click on the "Change security settings" link.



6. In the "Turn on User Account Control (UAC) to make your computer more secure" click to unselect the "Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer". Click on the Ok button.



7. You will be prompted to reboot your computer. Do so when ready.



In order to re-enable UAC just select the above checkbox and reboot.

Found a proper tutorial for it :)

[Spork]

Re: windows vista + punkbuster

Thankyou very much for yoru support :)

It works perfectly, better than it did on XP now! (Hardly any loading times for some reason)

Cheers :)

[<DV8>mrbucket]

Re: windows vista + punkbuster

Method #4 - Using Control Panel

1. Open Control Panel.

2. Under User Account and Family settings click on the "Add or remove user account".



3. Click on one of the user accounts, for example you can use the Guest account.

4. Under the user account click on the "Go to the main User Account page" link.



5. Under "Make changes to your user account" click on the "Change security settings" link.



6. In the "Turn on User Account Control (UAC) to make your computer more secure" click to unselect the "Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer". Click on the Ok button.



7. You will be prompted to reboot your computer. Do so when ready.



In order to re-enable UAC just select the above checkbox and reboot.

Found a proper tutorial for it :)

Hee Hee, awesome. Bout time someone takes a few to properly give advise.

[cheetofingeros]

Re: windows vista + punkbuster

Ok so I did the above and it fixed the problem with getting kicked due to "Inadequet OS Priv." error. But what it didnt fix is when I boot up BF2, the graphics are flshing like a Disco! I have a Dell XPS with 2 GB of Ram and an Invidia 6800 256mb card (of which I upgraded to the Vista Driver) but its going nutso when I boot up BF2. Any suggestions?

[Scinto]

Re: windows vista + punkbuster

hmm i dont think the nvidia vista drivers are as stable as ATi's

[Kridian]

On the subject of Vista and BF2, Is anyone running:

Vista 64bit RC1
NVidia Drivers
Audigy Sound Card Drivers

..and successfully working? Also if this is true, how are the other 32bit apps running on this O.S.?

[cheetofingeros]

Re: windows vista + punkbuster

Hey there, I am actually running the final Vista RTM Release, and I have Nvidia and Creative Audigy drivers, Both were running very shotty until I went to the Nvidia and Creative website and downloaded the Vista Drivers for them both. The good news is that the sound issues I was having were resolved, and im still trying to figure out what the Nvidia Vista driver fixed but I installed it nevertheless. The challenge is that even after I did that, the game was still flickering and flashing like crazy when I fired up BF2. (The sound was perfect). I hope this helps. Unfortunately, I am still screwed when it comes to me running BF2 on Vista (quite possibly due to the Nvidia 6800).

One final note.. Everything else is running AWESOME with Vista. My computer has never run so sweet!

[Spork]

Re: windows vista + punkbuster

Yea, Vista is definitely an improvement, even RC1 runs great.

Thanks for all of your help and all but I haveto say that for the first 10 minutes of playing with Vista it lagged quite a bit when ever I got into different vehicles or new maps, but that may be jsut adjusting to the new things.

I dont think Nvidia is completely compatible with Vista yet, even if they have released drivers already.

Cheers :)