i have a laptop with vista and i could play command and conquer generals just fine alone. but when i tried to get the patch for multiplayer i ran into alot of problems. i called support and they tried to haver me download from filefront.com and i just kept getting a error message. then i restarted the program running it as a administrator and it actually downloaded properly untell it went to apply the patch...........error...............now when i open the game i get the same error message everytime and cant even play solo anymore. ea customer service sucks really badly. the game needs a patch for vista i think. probly wont happin since ea doesnt care. they just want you to buy the game and then they got your cash thats all they want..........sad