Thanks for the kind words John!
The same registry change can be made manually
to the W2k system, however the XP patch won't
import into the 2K registry because they both use
different versions of the registry editor.
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
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Jimmy S.
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| Jimmy S. -
|
| Thank you for this most excellent suggestion! I used your
| registry modification, and set up an administrator account
| that can be used only with the "Run as" option.
|
| You are my hero! I've been looking for a solution like
| this for a long, long time!
|
| Since Windows XP is supposed to be based on Windows 2000,
| can the patch be used with Windows 2000 also?
|
|
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hi,
| >
| >I think I have just the solution you're looking for
| John...
| >
| >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/nibblesnbits/OnlyRunUsingAble2Play
| Account.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.
| >_________________________________________________________
| >
| | >| Has anyone figured out how to run games like Combat
| >| Flight Simulator 2, Nascar 4, or Crimson Skies without
| >| logging in as an Administrator? Which WinXP Pro "Local
| >| Security Setting" could I change that would allow a User
| >| or Power User to run these games?
| >|
| >| I don't want my kids to be able to log in with
| >| Administrator rights, because I get tired of fixing up
| >| all of the problems they create ("Dad, there is a
| problem
| >| with the computer ...." is not what I want to hear when
| I
| >| get home from work.) I also am not around every time
| they
| >| want to run one of these games, so I can't start the
| game
| >| as an administrator while they are logged in as a User.
| >|
| >| I also don't want them surfing the internet while logged
| >| in with Administrator rights.
| >|
| >| Any help with how to get around this would be
| appreciated.
| >
| >
| >.
| >
