I installed a game and when I go to access it it
says "unable to start the playonline viewer. Please ensure
that you are logged into your computer under an account
with administrator rights". the account I am using is the
administrator account...the last person I asked said to
talk to the makers of the game. this to me seems to be a
problem with windows...I could be wrong...but I am
checking with them also...any help would be
apreciated...thanks

WEll if it is a problem windows then if you are using ME...i suggest you reformat your harddrive and throw your copy of ME out the window at small children who are walking to/from school because ME has the intelligience equivalent of a 2 year old child with learning disability....otherwise refer to the help i have just provided except replace ME with any microsoft product you are using....that is all....goodnight and godspeed

ummm....I am using microsot windows xp...this forum is for
xp...you didn't really help me...why would I format my
hard drive?

>-----Original Message-----
>WEll if it is a problem windows then if you are using
ME...i suggest you reformat your harddrive and throw your
copy of ME out the window at small children who are
walking to/from school because ME has the intelligience
equivalent of a 2 year old child with learning
disability....otherwise refer to the help i have just
provided except replace ME with any microsoft product you
are using....that is all....goodnight and godspeed
>.
>

Contacting the game makers is the correct thing to do.
The application is written in ignorance of proper program
design, and they should be allowed to correct their mistakes
for you. If they cannot, then we often can give you procedures
to force it to work as a non-admin. In general, the last thing
one should want to do, for the health and well-being of your
system and for your privacy, is to run poorly designed/written
software in an admin account.

--
Roger Abell
Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security)
MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4) MCDBA
"Phil" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:03a101c3cc21$6e3e0050$(E-Mail Removed)...
> I installed a game and when I go to access it it
> says "unable to start the playonline viewer. Please ensure
> that you are logged into your computer under an account
> with administrator rights". the account I am using is the
> administrator account...the last person I asked said to
> talk to the makers of the game. this to me seems to be a
> problem with windows...I could be wrong...but I am
> checking with them also...any help would be
> apreciated...thanks

Roger Abell wrote:
> Contacting the game makers is the correct thing to do.
> The application is written in ignorance of proper program
> design, and they should be allowed to correct their mistakes
> for you. If they cannot, then we often can give you procedures
> to force it to work as a non-admin. In general, the last thing
> one should want to do, for the health and well-being of your
> system and for your privacy, is to run poorly designed/written
> software in an admin account.

Roger - I notice he said *THE* admin account - which infers that he's
running as the main admin with no other users set up.

Phil - is this so?! If so, it's a very foolhardy thing to do - the main
administative user sould be used in dire emergencies only. Day-to-day things
should be done under another user (with admin privileges, if you so desire).