Glad to be of service!
"Jimmy S." <Private> wrote in message | Hi Purdie,
|
| Some games will work with limited accounts after they have been installed and
| run once using an administrator account. If not, use the "Run As.." command:
|
| 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/OnlyRunUsingAble2PlayAccount.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,
| Jimmy S.
|
| Additional Support Resources: My Zone.com Helpsite:
http://nibblesnbits.tk
| Microsoft Online Tech Support:
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=376
| Game FAQ's:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
| My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
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| | | Hey all - (Chris) do you have any ideas how I might
| | download games for different "account" users on XP?
| | They'll play fine for me the "sys admin" but they are
| | missing folders or just flash on screen then dissappear
| | (like they did for the other writer) when I try to put
| | them onto other users desktops. I've done everyting that I
| | can think of, how about you guys? any suggestions?
| | >-----Original Message-----
| | >Did u download these from a site like download.com? u
| | >need to install new video card drivers.
| | >
| | >>-----Original Message-----
| | >>Hello I just got a new pc its an ailen tech (NEC)and on
| | >>my old pc gateway ME games played just fine, I
| | downloaded
| | >>Bob the builder, train game and downloaded casino games
| | >>and nothing works, my srcreen looks like they load then
| | >>the screen turns black and you can hear my moniter click
| | >>and it clicks back to the desktop and the game is gone
| | >>once again...Can someone please help me this is driving
| | >>me @%$&!!....thanks please reply to
| | >>
[email protected] thanks Mary
| | >>.
| | >>
| | >.
| | >
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