lpzoch said:
I downloaded Fish Tycoon to my computer. I want my kids to be able to play
it from there own user accounts and not through mine. Everytime they do
it
doesn't save their progress. The only way it saves their games is if they
are playing on my user account.
Hello.
This simply sounds like a problem with the game - it's not written for
limited accounts. If you're using Windows XP Pro we can do something about
it, but I'll assume you're using Home edition - if that's the case there's
only a work around.
If you're using Pro post back and we'll post up a solution.
This will create a admin account which cannot be logged in too, but will
enable them to use the Run As... command this by Jimmy S:
How to Create a Secure Admin Account for use with the Run As... Command
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.
Steps 4 and 5 are optional, and are to prevent a user from logging on to the
computer as an administrator using the able2play account and password:
4. Remove "able2play" from the Welcome screen: Save and run my registry
patch which will add able2play to the hidden user list in your Windows XP
registry:
http://www.windowsresource.net/downloads/able2play.reg (Save and then
Open).
or
* To avoid the above patch, run regedt32, browse to
[HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList]Click Edit / New / Dword
value / ValueName: able2play / Value Data: 0 (hex)
5. This step will force the able2play account to logoff if anyone logs on
with it. What I do is add a shortcut to the windows logoff routine into the
RUN key of the able2play registry. Again, I made a registry patch to
simplify this process:
5a. <ONLY RUN THIS PATCH USING THE ABLE2PLAY ACCOUNT> Click and Save this
patch to the Local Disk (C
Drive DO NOT OPEN IT
http://www.windowsresource.net/downloads/OnlyRunUsingAble2PlayAccount.reg
5b. Click Start / Log off / Click a blank area on the right side of the
Welcome screen, and then press CTRL+ALT+DELETE to logon the able2play
account. Now, double click the patch from step 5a, install it, delete it,
and then Logoff.
or
* To avoid using the registry patch, click Start / Run / regedt32 /
browse to: [HKCU\SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] and Click
Edit / New / String value / ValueName: logoff / Value data: logoff REMEMBER:
Only create this auto logoff while logged on as able2play!
--
Paul Smith,
Yeovil, UK.
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User.
http://www.windowsresource.net/
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