Glad to be of service!
"Jimmy S." <Private> wrote in message | Hi Donald,
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| Try changing those users account to Administrators just once
| so they can play the game, and then put them back as limited
| users. Hopefully their accounts would then have the needed
| user information in the registry to allow them to keep playing.
|
| If not, use the "Run As.." command:
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| 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:
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| 4. Logon to the "able2play" account,
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| 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
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| *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
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| 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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| | | I am having difficulty with sims on xp using multiple users.
| | It will only work under administrator. It will start up under the other
| | users but then it will just stop and go back to the desktop after a few
| | seconds. I appreciate any help anyone can give me.
| |
| | Thanks
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