i just dl'd CE on my laptop and installed now wen i try to update it it says thrs an error and that i have to reinstall to fix. i did that and it still didnt work
Edited by darkassassin14 on Oct 16, 2008 at 01:05 AM

If you have vista then you're supposed to run the update exe by:

Right Click>Run As Administrator

You CAN turn that off. Here's a step by step tutorial.
Start, controll panel.
Go to user accounts. ( then user accounts again)
Then the last option says "Turn User account controll on or off", click it.
Uncheck the box and hit o.k
Edited by Higuy on Oct 17, 2008 at 07:24 AM

You ahould NEVER EVER run your daily applications as administrator and turning off the user account control is inadvisable and dangerous. The purpose of it is to prevent malicious or malcoded software and or virus infections from accessing important files on your computer. There is no good reason to login to your computer and run daily applications as an administrator. This is just security 101.

I've had the thing turned off on my laptop for about 2 years and nothing happened. I don't download stupid crap software that I know I can't trust :|

No I am not saying any of those things and you inferring that I did indicates a distinct lack of understanding of computer security. What I am saying is that under normal operating conditions there is absolutely no reason to run as an administrator on a Vista machine. The only time you need to run as administrator is to install system level software like a virus scanner which has elevated permissions when installed as an administrator or when making system level changes. You should never allow a program to install by itself.

Disabling the user access control essentially allows any program to run as administrator and make changes to any system file. If you get a piece of malware or a virus infected program then it has full reign over your system, however as a standard user it cannot affect crucial system files.

In the case of the Halo CE 1.08 update the need to run it as an administrator is required because it needs to make changes to files in the Program Files directory which are protected system files.

With the change to the security mode in Vista there is no reason people should have the security problems (malware, virus, external attacks) as there was in previous Windows OS’s. They will still happen, but now it will be for the true reason: User ignorance and poor security practices.

The beauty of advice is you do not have to take it even if it is to your determent. Of course you need not take my advice nor comply with accepted security protocols, however letting your actions be dictated by ignorance then trying to defend said ignorance in an attempt to insult me shows a lack of understanding of my motives and is blatantly disingenuous. You achieve nothing by trying to start an argument with me over what is the generally accepted protocols none of which I had an hand in creating.