Video game preservation is a constant uphill battle. Many games publishers don't seem to care all that much about it, making old tech work on new systems requires endless patience, and now Sony's discontinuing physical PlayStation games. In addition to all of that, there's the bugbear that is Windows 11, which is causing some impressively obtuse issues for older releases.
Michał Obuchowski, GOG's publishing technical manager, knows this too well. "Microsoft is reworking how elevation works - the old 'click Yes' on a UAC prompt is being replaced by something called Administrator Protection, where the system spins up a hidden, one-time admin account and a short-lived token gated behind Windows Hello," he explains to RPGSite.
