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I had a problem with running LOTRO under Windows Vista.
For some reason I got a message saying that the game couldn't open the data files. Had a look at the FAQ on the LOTRO website which suggested it was either because I wasn't logged on as an administrator (which I was), or the files were corrupt so uninstall and try re-installing.

Instead of uninstalling and then re-installing the game, I decided to see if switching "user account control" off in Vista did anything... and it did! I don't understand why this should solve the problem, because I am the administrator on my computer and no-one else uses it. Anyone out there who might know of a reason why?

Anyway, it's not really a problem, I just run the game with user account control disabled.

So if anyone else has a similar problem with Vista and LOTRO you might try my solution.

Nice one!

Vista is a tad buggy at the moment so will come up with odd errors

I get another annoying Windows event. Everytime I quit LotRO, for some reason Windows Media Centre is evoked. I've had a look at file associations, but can't find anything that stops it.