Tony VE6MVP wrote:
Some software devs also didn't move with increased security
requirements. Microsoft finally started to clamp down in Windows
Vista. In my opinion long overdue. And Vista got blamed for this.
These standards predate Windows 2000.

For example

1) requiring that folks run their apps as administrators

Some game companies figured out that sophisticated users were able to
use the "limited user" boundary as a lever to pry open copy-protection
features, and therefore demanded that their software run only in
Administrator accounts.

Professional system administrators actually welcomed the change, since
it meant that their lusers couldn't play games with company property,
and that ID-ten-T problems went down proportionately. ;-)

Bill, W1AC