Kids CDROM Games Need Admin Rights?

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Need some help in getting some of the kids CDROM games to play under their
own user id's (non-admin) on an XP Pro sp1 PC.
Saw some previous posts that said answer yes during game install if you want
access for all users but unfortunately none of these games offered that
install option (Sims, Harry Potter) :(
I really don't want pre-teens with admin rights on the 1 and only home PC. .
..

tia,

cil
 
I'm having the same problem. You think a Microsoft game would be more comapible with their latest operating system. The way I worked around the problem is I created a new user account I called "games" and gave it administrative rights. They can use that account when starting the game. If anyone knows how to take an account off the welcome screen, I would feel better about it

----- Chris H. wrote: ----

Limited accounts are prevented in Windows XP from making changes to files o
the hard drive as part of the security measures. There are ways to dea
with this, however, and you can check out this Knowledge Base article
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;30709
 
Go in to Control Panel. Go into User Accounts. Click the one you
want to remove. Next click remove or delete account. O and make your
you have admin privs of course.
 
Hi Steve,

Here's how to hide the account so that it won't show up on the Welcome Screen:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_hide_users.htm (thanks Doug!)

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| I'm having the same problem. You think a Microsoft game would be more comapible with their latest operating system. The way I
worked around the problem is I created a new user account I called "games" and gave it administrative rights. They can use that
account when starting the game. If anyone knows how to take an account off the welcome screen, I would feel better about it.
|
| ----- Chris H. wrote: -----
|
| Limited accounts are prevented in Windows XP from making changes to files on
| the hard drive as part of the security measures. There are ways to deal
| with this, however, and you can check out this Knowledge Base article:
| http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307091
| --
| Chris H.
| Microsoft Windows MVP
| Associate Expert
| Expert Zone -
|
| | > Need some help in getting some of the kids CDROM games to play under their
| > own user id's (non-admin) on an XP Pro sp1 PC.
| > Saw some previous posts that said answer yes during game install if you
| want
| > access for all users but unfortunately none of these games offered that
| > install option (Sims, Harry Potter) :(
| > I really don't want pre-teens with admin rights on the 1 and only home PC.
| ..
| > .
| >> tia,
| >> cil
| >>
 
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