Hello,
I installed Age of Mythology while logged on as administrator and then tried to play it while logged on as a generic user. AOM puts up a dialog saying "You must have administrator rights to play Age of Mythology. Access is denied." This seems to be saying that to play AOM one must be logged on as administrator. Is this really true? Is there some config step I missed? I'm a bit wary of giving my kids administrative rights to a domain controlled network. Can I make this work with a generic user? Is there some specific right I can give the generic user? What's AOM trying to do that it wants more rights?

Thanks,
Ed

That is correct. It is part of Windows XP, protecting the system from just
"any" user altering files. Check out this Knowledge Base article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp
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Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP
http://nicecreations.us/
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

"Ed Mills" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hello,
> I installed Age of Mythology while logged on as administrator and then
> tried to play it while logged on as a generic user. AOM puts up a dialog
> saying "You must have administrator rights to play Age of Mythology.
> Access is denied." This seems to be saying that to play AOM one must be
> logged on as administrator. Is this really true? Is there some config step
> I missed? I'm a bit wary of giving my kids administrative rights to a
> domain controlled network. Can I make this work with a generic user? Is
> there some specific right I can give the generic user? What's AOM trying
> to do that it wants more rights?
>
> Thanks,
> Ed
>

Your kids don't have to be Domain-Admins but Local-Admins. This is with most
games I know.

And it's not a Microsoft-problem - it's because of the programminghabits of
the game's developers. If they would develop right they wouldn't need
admin-accounts to play!

Michael Hochegger
"Chris H." <(E-Mail Removed)> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> That is correct. It is part of Windows XP, protecting the system from
just
> "any" user altering files. Check out this Knowledge Base article:
>
http://support.microsoft.com/default...&Product=winxp
> --
> Chris H.
> Microsoft Windows MVP
> http://nicecreations.us/
> Associate Expert
> Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>
> "Ed Mills" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:09868122-7479-484B-82E9-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hello,
> > I installed Age of Mythology while logged on as administrator and then
> > tried to play it while logged on as a generic user. AOM puts up a dialog
> > saying "You must have administrator rights to play Age of Mythology.
> > Access is denied." This seems to be saying that to play AOM one must be
> > logged on as administrator. Is this really true? Is there some config
step
> > I missed? I'm a bit wary of giving my kids administrative rights to a
> > domain controlled network. Can I make this work with a generic user? Is
> > there some specific right I can give the generic user? What's AOM trying
> > to do that it wants more rights?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ed
> >
>
>