Quake, Starcraft, & SIMS Can't Be Played On Other Than An Administrator Account

[Stuart Rovin]

Hi All,
I'm sure this problem has been addressed before, but I am new to newsgroups.
I have installed these games listed in the subject, but they only work some
of the item in "limited accounts" i.e. non-administrator accounts, and when
they do work in a limited account, they don't work properly i.e. can't save
your game, etc. I've heard rumors that it has something to do with Windows
XP. Can anyone tell me how to fix this?

Thanks,
Stu

 

[Mark Dormer]

You can;
Work out what directories and registry keys the program needs to access and
grant them to the user. (not trivial)
Run it using an admin account (easy, but not as secure)
Use Runas to launch the program as administrator, that way only the program
has the admin writes, not the whole user account (can be problematic)

Regards
Mark Dormer