Access to programs

[Guest]

I am set up as the administrator on my system, the kids are just users. When
I install games for them they install just fine. When the kids log on as
users then try to run the games, they are asked for an administrator
password. What am I doing wrong??

Cheers

 

[Malke]

I am set up as the administrator on my system, the kids are just
users. When I install games for them they install just fine. When the
kids log on as users then try to run the games, they are asked for an
administrator password. What am I doing wrong??

Cheers

You may not be doing anything wrong. It depends on the games. Many older
or poorly coded games and other programs do not understand XP user
permissions and require Administrator privileges to run. If the game is
a current one, I'd start by going to the mftr.'s website and looking
for patches. For instance, The Sims has a patch to enable their games
to be played by a Limited User. The alternative is to see what part of
the system to which the game is trying to write and applying
permissions accordingly.

Malke