Does anyone know how to add user types to Windows XP Home?

I have a system with XP (Home Edition). I don't want to give my children
admin rights, but the is a game that only works with accounts with admin
rights. I was hoping to add a user type like PowerUsers as in Win 2000.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

Thanks
JR

HOW TO: Create and Configure User Accounts in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...3&Product=winxp

HOW TO: Set, View, Change, or Remove Special Permissions for Files and Folders in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...9&Product=winxp

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"Juan Ruiz" <jmruizsr@hotmail.com> wrote in message:
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| I have a system with XP (Home Edition). I don't want to give my children
| admin rights, but the is a game that only works with accounts with admin
| rights. I was hoping to add a user type like PowerUsers as in Win 2000.
|
| Does anyone have any suggestions?
|
| Thanks
| JR
|
|

Here's a post which Jimmy made a while back that should help you:
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Some games will work with limited accounts after they have been installed
and
run once either using an administrator account, or by temporarily changing
the
limited user account(s) to an admin account in Control Panel / User
Accounts,
just for the purpose of running the game the first time in order to be able
to
install the necessary files and create the keys in the registry that it
needs to
function, but may not be able to due to the restrictive nature of limited
accounts.

If that mouthful doesn't resolve the issue, use the "Run As.." command
instead:

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/nibblesnbi...PlayAccount.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! :-)

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Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
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Chris H.
Microsoft Windows MVP
Associate Expert
Expert Zone - www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone

"Juan Ruiz" <jmruizsr@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I have a system with XP (Home Edition). I don't want to give my children
> admin rights, but the is a game that only works with accounts with admin
> rights. I was hoping to add a user type like PowerUsers as in Win 2000.
>
> Does anyone have any suggestions?
>
> Thanks
> JR
>
>

then spend some time with your children...just don't put them in a room with
a PC...come on....QUALITY TIME.....

and wow...why did you send such a trivial topic to every newsgroup on the
planet...you gotta get your priorities straightened out...


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If your letting kids play on it unattended then it obviously isn't something
which has important data anyways. Let them have admin rights. Give them 10
minutes and somehow they'll figure out safemode and bypass your password
anyways. My 7 year old did.

To the OP,
buy Pro upgrade



"anonymous" <someone@microsoft> wrote in message
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| If your letting kids play on it unattended then it
obviously isn't something
| which has important data anyways. Let them have admin
rights. Give them 10
| minutes and somehow they'll figure out safemode and bypass
your password
| anyways. My 7 year old did.
|
|

Check out www.scottxp.com/winxp.php for setting up users with security.
Steve

anonymous wrote:
>
> If your letting kids play on it unattended then it obviously isn't something
> which has important data anyways. Let them have admin rights. Give them 10
> minutes and somehow they'll figure out safemode and bypass your password
> anyways. My 7 year old did.