Ryzom

As title says, my friend is on Vista and he gets stuck at patching on 235/236

Hes already tried reinstallling, repairing and running as admin and neither of them worked, any suggestions?

well most of what i would suggest you already tried.

install to a different directory (not inside program files)
turn UAC off

if all wont help put a already patched installation in the installation folder to prevent any patching.

His installer may be corrupted as well. Try a new installer.

if it's not a permission problem (which it most probably is if installed to 'c:\program files\Ryzom' folder), then try running uRDM (unofficial ryzom installer, it needs Java). select full install and point it to your ryzom folder.