So I installed skyrim via steam and I adjusted the settings to be full screen and my native 1600×1200 resolution, and started the game, and it started in windowed mode 800×600.
I tried many times, and even tried restarting my computer.
I then tried to at least change bFullScreen to 1 in the settings file in the Skyrim folder.
This didn't work, leading me to believe the file is out-right being ignored.
Anyone else that has had this problem and has found a solution?
More specs:
gtx 470, uac is on low, compatibility options aren't explicitly turned on, it is being run as admin. fully updated Windows 7 is the OS. It is also very fresh install… I reformatted just yesterday.
Best Answer
I simply disabled UAC and that solved my problem. [I also turned off windows firewall, but I think it was the UAC that was stopping things]
I hope if anyone else has this issue, that disabling UAC and their firewall solves the problem.