Vent and Win7/Vista - Fixing the broken bind issues

Mooga · 12-11-2009, 05:27 AM

So yesterday I decided to play League or Legends (a free DotA re-make) while playing vent. However, NONE of my vent binds would work in LoL. Eventually I figured out the issues. LoL need to run as admin (because it has a built-in updater). However, Vent was running as my main user. Vent didn't have the rights to catch the keys within LoL because it was running at a higher level.

Running Vent as Admin helps fix this issues. As admin, it can catch anything and thus fixes the issues of not being able to talk while in programs that are running as admin.

I hope this helps others!

Hawk Eye · 12-11-2009, 09:05 AM

It does. I was having to switch focus to vent on other games that were running on admin. Thanks.

GenghisTron · 12-11-2009, 10:34 AM

Yea, running most programs that seem broke as an Admin always fixes it. And if that doesn't, set the compatibility back a couple versions of Windows (Right Click -> Properties) and that usually fixes whatever Running as Admin doesn't. For example, QuickTime streams only show the video in my Firefox (Apple doesn't feel the need to make Quicktime accessible to Windows XP 64 bit for some reason

) and it doesn't show the controls, so watching Quicktime streams (porn) was extremely difficult because I couldn't change the volume, pause it, go back, etc. Pushing Firefox's compatibility back makes it work perfectly.

Mooga · 12-11-2009, 09:21 PM

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Originally Posted by GenghisTron

Yea, running most programs that seem broke as an Admin always fixes it. And if that doesn't, set the compatibility back a couple versions of Windows (Right Click -> Properties) and that usually fixes whatever Running as Admin doesn't. For example, QuickTime streams only show the video in my Firefox (Apple doesn't feel the need to make Quicktime accessible to Windows XP 64 bit for some reason

) and it doesn't show the controls, so watching Quicktime streams (porn) was extremely difficult because I couldn't change the volume, pause it, go back, etc. Pushing Firefox's compatibility back makes it work perfectly.

That quicktime shit also drives me crazy! Thanks!

GenghisTron · 12-11-2009, 09:36 PM

Glad I could help!

12-11-2009, 05:27 AM	#1
Mooga Colorless FTW D&A Member Beta Tester Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: A Small Box Affiliations: SRCDS.com Posts Rated Helpful 1 Times	Vent and Win7/Vista - Fixing the broken bind issues So yesterday I decided to play League or Legends (a free DotA re-make) while playing vent. However, NONE of my vent binds would work in LoL. Eventually I figured out the issues. LoL need to run as admin (because it has a built-in updater). However, Vent was running as my main user. Vent didn't have the rights to catch the keys within LoL because it was running at a higher level. Running Vent as Admin helps fix this issues. As admin, it can catch anything and thus fixes the issues of not being able to talk while in programs that are running as admin. I hope this helps others! __________________ ~ Mooga ...w00t? SRCDS.com \| Twitter

12-11-2009, 10:34 AM	#3
GenghisTron AKA LittleAndroidMan D&A Member Beta Tester Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Dystopia Class/Position: Demo/Medic Gametype: CTF Affiliations: [TALOS] [SR] Posts Rated Helpful 11 Times	Yea, running most programs that seem broke as an Admin always fixes it. And if that doesn't, set the compatibility back a couple versions of Windows (Right Click -> Properties) and that usually fixes whatever Running as Admin doesn't. For example, QuickTime streams only show the video in my Firefox (Apple doesn't feel the need to make Quicktime accessible to Windows XP 64 bit for some reason ) and it doesn't show the controls, so watching Quicktime streams (porn) was extremely difficult because I couldn't change the volume, pause it, go back, etc. Pushing Firefox's compatibility back makes it work perfectly. __________________ The Catacombs Steam Last.fm

12-11-2009, 09:36 PM	#5
GenghisTron AKA LittleAndroidMan D&A Member Beta Tester Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Dystopia Class/Position: Demo/Medic Gametype: CTF Affiliations: [TALOS] [SR] Posts Rated Helpful 11 Times	Glad I could help! __________________ The Catacombs Steam Last.fm

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12-11-2009, 09:05 AM	#2
Hawk Eye Who the fuck is this guy? D&A Member Beta Tester Join Date: Mar 2007 Class/Position: O Preferred Gametype: AvD Affiliations: [AE] Asseaters Posts Rated Helpful 2 Times	It does. I was having to switch focus to vent on other games that were running on admin. Thanks.

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