Re: Limited user account program launch failures

From: Jeff Hodgson (hyperdrunk83@hotmail.com)
Date: 05/27/02 

From: "Jeff Hodgson" <hyperdrunk83@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 26 May 2002 19:17:18 -0700

There is a middle ground between limited and admin
accounts. This is called a "power user" account. It will
elt people do most things on the computer without
screwing it up - ie, it wont let you install device
drivers and the like. Anyway, to activate this account do
the following steps:
 - Load up in an Administrator account
 - Goto Control Panel -> Administritive Tools ->Computer
management.
 - In computer management go to Local Users and Groups.
 - Then go to users and select a limited account type
like your childs.
 - Right click the account and select properties.
 - Click on the 'Member Of' tab.
 - Click on the 'Users' icon and then click remove.
 - Now click on 'Add'
 - Click on 'Advanced'
 - Click on 'Find Now'
 - In the 'Name(RDN)' field there should be a icon
called 'Power Users' select it.
 - Click Ok -> Ok -> Ok
The account is now a power user account. If you have any
problems feel free to e-mail me at
hyperdrunk83@hotmail.com

>-----Original Message-----
>
>"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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>--
>Robert Moir, Microsoft Windows 2000/NT MVP
>To search the MS Knowledge base use the link below:
>http://support.microsoft.com/support/search/c.asp?PSL=1
>My Homepage - http://www.robertmoir.co.uk
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>
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