Great Carol I'm glad that helped!
Cheers,
Jimmy.
| I had forgotten all about Run As. I've used that before
| for programs like Memory Stick....can't believe it didn't
| occur to me. Thanks a lot!
|
| Carol
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hi Carol,
| >
| >I only touched on the issue before, here's a few more
| details for you.
| >
| >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
| >create the keys in the registry which CD Copy protection
| software needs to
| >generate, 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/nibblesnbits/OnlyRunUsingAble2Pla
| yAccount.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!
| >
| >--
| >Cheers,
| >Jimmy S.
| >
| >Additional Support Resources: My Zone.com Helpsite:
|
http://nibblesnbits.tk
| >Microsoft Online Tech Support:
|
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=376
| >Game FAQ's:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| scid=FH;[LN];gms
| >My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I
| confer any rights.
| >_________________________________________________________
| >
| > | >| Hi Jimmy,
| >|
| >| I was going to post a similar question about this very
| >| same game. Where I work, there is a guy whose children
| >| also would like to play this game. He does have them
| set
| >| up as limited account users, and it won't let them play
| >| it because they do not have saving rights to a certain
| >| temp file. (That is how he explained it to me) He
| has 4
| >| children and I believe they may all have their own
| >| logon. Is there a simply way to just add saving rights
| >| to them? (Thinking like in XP Pro where I had to add
| >| debugging rights to limited accounts in order to
| use .Net)
| >|
| >| Thanks,
| >| Carol
| >| >-----Original Message-----
| >| >Hi Paul,
| >| >
| >| >I would personally change your sons account to be an
| >| administrator,
| >| >install the game for him using his account, play a
| game
| >| briefly, and
| >| >then switch his account back to limited user status.
| >| I'm going on the
| >| >assumption that your son uses a limited user account
| of
| >| course. ;-)
| >| >
| >| >--
| >| >Cheers,
| >| >Jimmy S.
| >| >
| >| >Additional Support Resources: My Zone.com Helpsite:
| >|
http://nibblesnbits.tk
| >| >Microsoft Online Tech Support:
| >|
http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=376
| >| >Game FAQ's:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?
| >| scid=FH;[LN];gms
| >| >My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor
| do I
| >| confer any rights.
| >|
| >_________________________________________________________
| >| >
| >| message | >| >| After applying one of serveral recent Windows
| Updates
| >| to
| >| >| Windows XP Home Edition, my son can no longer play
| his
| >| >| game "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone".
| >| >|
| >| >| Whenever he tries to launch the game he receives the
| >| >| following message:
| >| >|
| >| >| History: appInit.
| >| >|
| >| >| Has anyone else experienced this error? Is there a
| fix.
| >| >|
| >| >| System specifics:
| >| >|
| >| >| AMD Duron 1200
| >| >| ASUS A7V MB
| >| >| 384 MB PC-133 RAM
| >| >| ATI Rage 128 w/64MB RAM
| >| >| SoundBlaster PCI-128
| >| >| 80GB ATA-100 HDD
| >| >| Acer 48X CD-ROM
| >| >| Windows XP Home Edition w/SP1
| >| >|
| >| >|
| >| >|
| >| >|
| >| >
| >| >
| >| >.
| >| >
| >
| >
| >.
| >
