game play and limited rights

[Guest]

My son has a limited rights account. However, he cannot run SIMS. How can I allow him to play the game without administrator rights?

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Contact the product developer. I've run into a lot of games that were
written by people who had no clue how system permissions work in the real
world, alas...

 

[Malte Starostik]

"Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]"

Contact the product developer. I've run into a lot of games that were
written by people who had no clue how system permissions work in the real
world, alas...

Not only games...:-( plus in most cases I've come accross the vendors will
usually insist on their program requiring full administrative rights for all
users *sigh*
In most cases all you need to do is grant write permissions to the program's
installation directory (to limit this, check out which files and/or
subdirectories you really need to grant writing to, not that important if
it's "only" a game). Sometimes you also need to do the same for the
program's registry keys under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
In case of The Sims this would be C:\Program Files\Maxis\The Sims\ (assuming
default installation paths on an English system) and the registry subtree
HKLM\Software\Maxis\The Sims. If that doesn't suffice check for other keys
relating to the game.

HTH,
-Malte

 

[*Vanguard*]

... Sometimes you also need to do

the same for the program's registry keys under HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.

If you need to change security (permissions) on registry keys, you cannot
use regedit.exe. You'll have to use regedt32.exe. I mention this just in
case you're used to always using regedit.exe to modify your registry files.

 

[Malte Starostik]

If you need to change security (permissions) on registry keys, you cannot
use regedit.exe. You'll have to use regedt32.exe. I mention this just in
case you're used to always using regedit.exe to modify your registry

files.

Correct for Windows NT (and maybe 2000?), but they are the same in XP. In
fact regedt32.exe looks like only a stub to launch regedit.exe, it's only
4kb. Have a close look at the Edit menu and the keys' context menu.

Cheers,
-Malte

 

[*Vanguard*]

"Malte Starostik" said in news:[email protected]:

Correct for Windows NT (and maybe 2000?), but they are the same in
XP. In fact regedt32.exe looks like only a stub to launch
regedit.exe, it's only 4kb. Have a close look at the Edit menu and
the keys' context menu.

Cheers,
-Malte

Thanks for the heads up. Still learning all the wee bits in Windows XP.
Guess Microsoft decided that using 2 different registry editors was too much
a hassle (for them so they passed the benefit to us, too).

 

[CS]

"Malte Starostik" said in news:[email protected]:

Thanks for the heads up. Still learning all the wee bits in Windows XP.
Guess Microsoft decided that using 2 different registry editors was too much
a hassle (for them so they passed the benefit to us, too).

Not a hassle for them. Remember that regedt32.exe in NT 4.0 and
Win2000 had no search capability. By combining the two registry
editors in XP (regedit.exe) you have both a search capability and the
ability to regulate permissions.