video games on xp

[m7harpo]

My son can not play a video game unless logged in as
administrator. He is now set up as a power user which
doesnt thrill me, but we were able to install game. We
just cant play it with yjis type of account. Please help
us. He and i are frustrated. mike (e-mail address removed)

 

[Robert Moir]

My son can not play a video game unless logged in as
administrator. He is now set up as a power user which
doesnt thrill me, but we were able to install game. We
just cant play it with yjis type of account. Please help
us. He and i are frustrated. mike (e-mail address removed)

Sadly, some games just won't run without administrator access.

One thing you can try is making his account an administrator, run the game
once, and then drop him back to power user and then see if it behaves after
that.

Other than that, there isn't very much you can do... games
programmers/designers still seem to assume that everyone is running as
administrator all the time.


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