Have a look here:
http://forums.ubi.com/eve/forums/a/t...5/m/1921070116
Advice and guides to installing IL2 on vista, good luck!
You may want to check out the "Nuggets Guide", which is the IL2 "Bible", more or less everthing you'll need to know....
http://www.mission4today.com/index.p...p=show&kid=431