Vista - Game Launcher error and games not saving

I have encountered numerours game problems with Vista. The worst that I've
had so far is that the game installed does not even launch! This concerns
Pogo downloaded games Fairy Godmother Tycoon and Lottso Deluxe. I have
contacted Pogo and they ran their Easyinfo V2 software to see what causes the
error and it was determined that it was my Norton 360 (specifically lowering
the security settings related to Java or Applets). I contacted
Symantec/Norton and we disabled the firewall and the anti-virus of the Norton
360 but the error is still the same. Symantec/Norton now says that it is not
their software that's causing the problem. Mind you I had adjusted the
compatibility option to run in XP2 and each time I try to run the games I run
it as an administrator. Another issue is that the downloaded games from
BigFish does not save the game progress. These games do not have the option
to save your progress but it saves it for you whenever you exit the game.
Every time I play the game, I end up starting from sratch! Can anybody out
there help me please? This is really getting me so frustrated that I'm
wishing that I never bought my new computer with Vista. Thanks.