For anyone else w/ this problem I just found out it's a windows vista thing.
http://www.windowsdevcenter.com/pub/a/windows/2007/02/06/understanding-windows-vistas-user-account-control.html
Turning User Account Control On or Off
To your own detriment, and I mean that quite literally, you can disable User Account Control and all its related features on a per-account basis. Rather than completely disabling UAC, you can enable or disable individual features through policy settings. These policy settings are found under Security Settings\Local Policies\Security Options.
At home, you can turn User Account Control on or off for your account by following these steps:
Click Start and then click Control Panel.
In Control Panel, click the User Accounts heading and then click User Accounts again.
On the User Accounts page, click Turn User Account Control On Or Off.
When you click Turn User Account Control On Or Off, you are prompted for permissions or consent as discussed previously. Because this is an inherent part of the user interface and a feature that can be enabled or disabled, I do not mention each time the prompt is displayed. Rather, I assume that you will provide the permissions or consent as required.
To disable User Account Control, clear the Use User Account Control checkbox. To enable User Account Control, select the Use User Account Control checkbox. Click OK.
When prompted, click Restart Now or Restart Later as appropriate. You will need to restart your computer for this change to take affect.
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