Re: limited user accounts in XP Home edition

From: Roy Rogers (roy_rogers_at_yippee-ki-yay.com)
Date: 05/31/03 

Date: Sat, 31 May 2003 08:56:06 -0400

Typically, you can grant rights to the registry key of the program in
question and it will run. This is not for the faint of heart. Use regedit,
do a search under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE for the program name. You
should find a key for it. Right click on it, and hit "permissions".
Depending on whether or not the program reads/writes into the registry,
you'll need to set the appropriate permission for the "users" group. You
may want to create a System Restore point before tinkering with regedit just
to be safe. That way, if you botch up the registry, you can boot back to
safe mode and use the System Restore tool to restore to your known good
checkpoint.

Good Luck,
Bob

"Jan M. Mulders" <Jan.Mulders@philips.com> wrote in message
news:01a901c32750$8554f3f0$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> I have Windows XP home edition.
> I have set up 1 admin account and some limited user
> accounts for myself and the family members.
> I have installed various programs (e.g. Microsoft Train
> simulator, HP scanner software) as administrator, BUT THE
> NORMAL USERS CAN NOT START/USE THEM.
> Granting all users admin rights is no solution i.m.o.
>
> In the MS Knowledge database I found the article:
> "Certain Programs Do Not Work Correctly If You Log On
> Using a Limited User Account"
> stating:
> "RESOLUTION
> "To resolve this behavior, contact the software
> manufacturer to ask about a version of the program that is
> designed for Windows XP.
> Hardly a solution: how many manufacturers are you going to
> ask, what are you asking, and what answer do you
> receive? "Buy a new version", or "We don't support XP" or
> no answer at all.
> "WORKAROUND
> "To work around this behavior, you can grant
> Administrative access to individual programs by using the
> following steps:
> "Right-click the program's file name or shortcut.
> "Click Advanced, click Run with different credentials, and
> then click OK.
> "Start the program.
> "When you receive a prompt, enter an administrative user
> ID and password.
>
> Sounds nice, but no, that is not present in Home edition...
> Furthermore that still requires that everyone can be admin.
>
> Is there a real solution?
>
>

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