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valery - 30 Oct 2003 09:17 GMT
Hi people,
I have a little problem in xp home,when i install a game
under the admin account,the users with limited privileges
can open the game but after a while they dont get all the
options.While it works normally under the admin profile .
Can this be fixed in some way.
Jimmy S. - 30 Oct 2003 09:26 GMT
Hi Valery,

Some games will work with limited accounts after they have been installed and
run once either using an administrator account, or by temporarily changing the
limited user account(s) to an admin account in Control Panel / User Accounts,
just for the purpose of running the game the first time in order to be able to
install the necessary files and create the keys in the registry that it needs to
function, but may not be able to due to the restrictive nature of limited accounts.

If that mouthful doesn't resolve the issue, use the "Run As.." command instead:

1.  Click Start / Control Panel / User Accounts / Create a New Account /
    Name the Account: "able2play" (without quotes) / Next Pick: "Computer-
    Administrator" & Click "Create Account";

2.  Click on your new able2play account and Create a Password for it;

3.  When your limited user wants to play a game that requires Administrator
   privileges they can Right-Click the shortcut to that game / Click Run As... /
   "The Following User": able2play and enter the password.  Simple as that!

I know what you're thinking:  That defeats the purpose of the limited user account.
To secure the "able2play" account so that it can't be used to logon to the computer:

What I do is add a shortcut to the windows logoff routine into the RUN key of the
able2play registry.  I made a reg patch to simplify this process if you wish to use it:

4.  Logon to the "able2play" account,

5. <ONLY RUN THIS PATCH USING THE "ABLE2PLAY" ACCOUNT>
    Save this patch to your drive and then doubleclick it to install it to your registry.
    http://www3.sympatico.ca/nibblesnbits/OnlyRunUsingAble2PlayAccount.reg

or

   *Instead of using the reg patch, click Start / Run / regedt32 / browse to:
   [HKCU\SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] and
   Click Edit / New / String value / ValueName: logoff / Value data: logoff

From now on, if anyone logs on with the "able2play" account, the computer will log
them off immediately.  They will not gain access to an administrators desktop! :-)

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| Hi people,
| I have a little problem in xp home,when i install a game
| under the admin account,the users with limited privileges
| can open the game but after a while they dont get all the
| options.While it works normally under the admin profile .
| Can this be fixed in some way.
anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com - 30 Oct 2003 10:56 GMT
ok thanx man i will try this at once
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Valery,
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>     Save this patch to your drive and then doubleclick it to install it to your registry.
>    
http://www3.sympatico.ca/nibblesnbits/OnlyRunUsingAble2Play
Account.reg

>or
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>
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Jimmy S. - 30 Oct 2003 23:38 GMT
You're welcome Valerie.  Thanks for posting! :-)

Cheers,
Jimmy.

| ok thanx man i will try this at once
| >-----Original Message-----
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| >
| >.
 
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