Vista, doesnt play copy protected games

[Galaxian]

its vista ultimate, default install, i've actually reinstalled it 3 or 4 times i think since i bought it and this particular problem is recurring.

i'm wondering since my drive is sata..but then again i didnt have this problem in XP except for 1 game, splinter cell 4.

i get same message with all these games:
doom3 and expansion pack
fear and expansion pack
NFS: carbon
test drive unlimited
condemned
painkiller and boh expansion

if it was some other problem than vista i wouldve had it with XP, maybe a conflict with my sata dvd drive?

oblivion works ok but its not copy protected, only cd check.