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*Clipped from my linkshells forum:
A quick guide on solving the vista problem.
I hope this helps.*

If you ever plan to upgrade to Windows Vista, or buy a new computer that's OS is vista based, and still want to play FFXI, your going to run into problems.
Luckily, your little techie webhead Ahnalia has some answers for you.
Unfortunately, the POL version that comes on your FFXI disk will not run on Vista.
If you already have FFXI installed on your computer, but are upgrading to Vista, you must completely uninstall POL, FFXI, and all the expansions.
(The following proceedure will also work for a brand new computer by the way).

The best and easiest way to get POL up and running on Vista, is to go to any gaming store, (possibly even walmart might have it), and buy that $1.99 FFXI "Starter Pack" Disk.
Make sure to read the back label under "minimum requirements" it should say "Operating System" windows 2000/XP/Vista if it does, you have found the correct version.
Load the disk into your CD ROM drive and it will pull up a menu.
Select "INSTALL PLAYONLINE".
This will put POL on your computer, and yes, it works fine on vista

After POL is installed, it will pull up the menu again on it's own, and it will give you the options to install FFXI, FFXI:Zilart , FFXI: CoP, and FFXI: ToAH.
You may then put your FFXI disk into the CD ROM drive, and it will automaticlly start the FFXI install.
After all your expansions have been installed, viola, you may now log into POL and start the update process.

I do NOT recommend using the downloadable version of POL vista from the POL website.
The reason being, is that there are actually two versions of the installer, a EU one, and a US one, and if you download the wrong one, when you try to install FFXI, you get an error message saying that POL was not found and FFXI will not be installed.
I downloaded mine from the ffxius website, and still got this error message.
Your absolute best bet, is to spend the $1.99 and buy that starter pack disk.

I hope this saves you all a few headaches.

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