Re: Limited user account program launch failures

From: Robert Moir (maranbat@bitey.force9.co.uk)
Date: 05/26/02 

From: "Robert Moir" <maranbat@bitey.force9.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 22:56:25 +0100

"Simon Watkinson" <mr.fixit@orange.net> wrote in message
news:75ed01c204fa$343fd990$9ee62ecf@tkmsftngxa05...
> PLEASE PLEASE HELP!
> Running XP Home edition with several users, only one of
> which is admin (And thats how I want it). this is really
> nice as kids can't install rubish games without me knowing.
>
> But many of the games we want to run (mainly ones that
> require the CD-Rom) will not run as a limited user, I
> guess because they address the setup file to launch the
> game.
>
> MS knowledgebase has a great idea, change the limited
> account back to admin. Fine but it only removes one
> problem and replaces another.
>
> Is there any other way round the problem?
> Would XP Pro hold the tools to overcome the problem?
>
> Enven if you take the time to read this & don't have the
> answer, thanks for taking the time!

The problem isn't so much the operating system but rather that many games
assume they are being run as "admin". After all many of them were designed
for Windows 98/ME where everyone was "admin".

Theres no easy answer I'm afraid. You can spend ages fiddling with
permissions on the disk and the registry for the games and get most of them
running from limited accounts but this is too time consuming to be practical
for most people. I expect that over time as games are written with XP in
mind the situation will improve. 

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