Re: Loading programs in XP and making them available to Limited Accounts.

From: Colin Nash [MVP] (cnash-REMOVETHIS-_at_mvps.org)
Date: 04/09/04 

Date: Fri, 9 Apr 2004 05:25:33 -0400

Unfortunately, some applications work like that. Games especially.
Generally Microsoft's products are well-behaved in this regard but I guess
not FS2000.
Some types of anti-piracy CD copy protection software will only run with
admin rights (I don't know about FS2000 specifically.)

You can try this...
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;Q294676 

-- 
Colin Nash
Microsoft MVP
Windows Printing/Imaging/Hardware
"cdrueck (removethis) @shaw.ca" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote
in message news:1a69001c41e12$003c8f70$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> I recently loaded MS Flight Simulator 2000 on my new Dell
> running Windows XP. I loaded the program under the
> administrator because only the administrator has the
> privilege of loading programs. The problem is that only I
> can run the program from the administrator's account. All
> Limited account users in cannot run the program. It comes
> up with the following message: "When trying to install MS
> Flight Simulator 2000 you must have administrative
> privileges" The program was already installed and it
> shows up under the "All Programs" menus in all Limited
> accounts. I then removed the program from the system,
> turned one of the Limited accounts into one with
> administrative privileges and reloaded the program in
> that account. As long as that account remained an
> administrative account, FS2000 would run fine. As soon as
> I changed it back to a limited account, I got the same
> error message again.
>
>
>
> This is really annoying. What do I do without giving
> administrative privileges to my kids because this is not
> the only program that has this problem.
>
>
>
> ps. When replying to my message please remove the:
> (removethis) from my email address above. That way my
> email address does not end up in every spam server in the
> world.
>
>
>
> Thanks
>
>
>
> Carl
>

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