You're welcome Valerie. Thanks for posting!
Cheers,
Jimmy.
| ok thanx man i will try this at once
| >-----Original Message-----
| >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/OnlyRunUsingAble2Play
| Account.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!
| >
| >--
| >Cheers, Windows XP MVP
| Shell / User
| >Jimmy S.
|
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >
| >Game FAQs:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=FH;[LN];gms
| >Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite:
|
http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
| >MS Support at:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=sz;en-us;top
| >My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I
| confer any rights.
| >_________________________________________________________
| >
| message | >| 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.
| >
| >
| >.
| >
