bioshock trouble…on vista laptop

Ok so when I try to play my Bioshock demo it says “Parental Control Access Denied. The game will now exit.” So I check my parental control settings, but its fine because I’m administrator, I’ve tried everything yet I still can’t get it to work. Will downloading the full version instead of just a demo make it work? I wanted to try the demo first to see if my laptop could handle it…
Answer #1
Read this guide about configuring Vista’s parental control:
http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/tutorial139.html
Once turned off, you should be able to play both the Demo and the full version of Bioshock. Good luck mate ^_^
Answer #2
Without knowing the specs of your laptop, I’d say you’ll have a hard time running BioShock at reasonable settings. If your laptop has a dedicated graphics card, rather than a built-in one, then you’ll have more luck.
BioShock isn’t the biggest system hog out at the moment, but it will still push the average ‘new-age’ PC.
Answer #3
uh someone already showed me that link. I followed it, but it doesn’t help because I’m already admin so parental controls don’t effect me. Bioshock should run fine on my laptop, half life2, doom3, and call of duty 4 all work perfectly
Isn’t there anyone who’s run into this problem before?
Answer #4
Try the instructions here then:
http://www.askdavetaylor.com/turn_on_parental_controls_in_windows_vista.html
Good luck mate ^_^
Answer #5
Ok, I downloaded the full pre-patched version of BioShock and never encountered this problem. In the .nfo file they never mentioned bypassing the UAC or Parental Control. Maybe the demo is a different beast.
Edit: Sorry, I still think this game requires a lot more grunt than a laptop can provide, even if it is dual-core.
Answer #6
well I got it to work by putting the properties of the demo to windows xp service pack 2. however its on windowed…at least it works fine. I’m downloading the full version right now anyway so hopefully that will work.