hello running 1946 on laptop

[KOM.Nausicaa]

Originally Posted by dazz1971

is it compatible with vista

Yes it works with Vista, but when Vista came out many people reported a problem on installing from the CD. I have had myself the same problem. The CD won't run from the normal *exe - I think i remember it has something to do with the dictator-like administrator control Vista employs. You can bypass however if you explore the CD and run start-up from the "a.exe". I have made a post about this back in the time on the sim outhouse:

"Insert the IL2 DVD. When the pop up window comes up do not choose "autorun" or "autoinstall". Several people (me included) have had the problem of a spinning disk without anything happening. Instead, choose "explore disk content" and go to the IL2 Sturmovik root folder. There, find the "a.exe" and double-clic. IL2 should now install just fine."

[dazz1971]

Originally Posted by KOM.Nausicaa

Yes it works with Vista, but when Vista came out many people reported a problem on installing from the CD. I have had myself the same problem. The CD won't run from the normal *exe - I think i remember it has something to do with the dictator-like administrator control Vista employs. You can bypass however if you explore the CD and run start-up from the "a.exe". I have made a post about this back in the time on the sim outhouse:

"Insert the IL2 DVD. When the pop up window comes up do not choose "autorun" or "autoinstall". Several people (me included) have had the problem of a spinning disk without anything happening. Instead, choose "explore disk content" and go to the IL2 Sturmovik root folder. There, find the "a.exe" and double-clic. IL2 should now install just fine."

thanks mate ive written this down so i can try it when my copy lands

[philip.ed]

Also DO NOT install il-2 to the default location. If you have User Account Control on it won'tlet you edit any files, or if you choose t tune your conf.ini it won't let you save the changes.
Be sure to turn UAC off in the user control page (from control pannell) and when you install il-2, point it to a different location, eg in your 'my computer' make a file called il-2 or something, and install it there.

I hope this make sense

[dazz1971]

Originally Posted by philip.ed

Also DO NOT install il-2 to the default location. If you have User Account Control on it won'tlet you edit any files, or if you choose t tune your conf.ini it won't let you save the changes.
Be sure to turn UAC off in the user control page (from control pannell) and when you install il-2, point it to a different location, eg in your 'my computer' make a file called il-2 or something, and install it there.

I hope this make sense

ok thanks mate and yea that uac is a pain in the ass lol

[philip.ed]

Originally Posted by dazz1971

ok thanks mate and yea that uac is a pain in the ass lol

Sure is