Game runs in administrator account, not in user account

[sleeplessinnewjersey]

I installed a game on one of our Windows XP PC's. It runs properly in the
Administrator account, albeit somewhat sluggishly. However, when I try to
run it in the user account the screen goes blank, a message pops stating
"Unable to write to C:\WINDOWS\Kyou.ini, and the game hangs. A new window
states that preferences are being loaded. This never completes. Task
Manager shows two instances of the game "Running." I close both and get the
desktop back.

I loaded this game on a different Windows XP PC. It runs fine (and faster)
in both accounts.

Can someone please explain what is going on to me? Is there anything I can
do? We have an OEM version of XP installed. Could this problem be
OEM-related?

[G. More]

Only the administrator, power users or the system accounts can write to
c:\windows\*

You should use "RunAs" to run the program with administrator credentials
while on a limited account.

Check this articles for a solution:

Create a shortcut using the runas command
http://technet2.microsoft.com/WindowsServer/en/library/9ab05e52-2bd5-4c3d-bfb4-ff47636b79be1033.mspx?mfr=true

Runas:
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/runas.mspx?mfr=true

To create a shortcut using the runas command
http://www.microsoft.com/resources/documentation/windows/xp/all/proddocs/en-us/runas.mspx?mfr=true


good luck
--
"There are no shortcuts to a job well done"


"sleeplessinnewjersey" wrote:

> I installed a game on one of our Windows XP PC's. It runs properly in the
> Administrator account, albeit somewhat sluggishly. However, when I try to
> run it in the user account the screen goes blank, a message pops stating
> "Unable to write to C:\WINDOWS\Kyou.ini, and the game hangs. A new window
> states that preferences are being loaded. This never completes. Task
> Manager shows two instances of the game "Running." I close both and get the
> desktop back.
>
> I loaded this game on a different Windows XP PC. It runs fine (and faster)
> in both accounts.
>
> Can someone please explain what is going on to me? Is there anything I can
> do? We have an OEM version of XP installed. Could this problem be
> OEM-related?

[G. More]

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx?query=run+as+runas&dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.general&cat=en-us-ms-winxp&lang=en&cr=US&pt=&catlist=B0DE109D-10E1-4C3C-BCC9-8EB7A22FC6A0&dglist=&ptlist=&exp=&sloc=en-us
--
"There are no shortcuts to a job well done"


"sleeplessinnewjersey" wrote:

> I installed a game on one of our Windows XP PC's. It runs properly in the
> Administrator account, albeit somewhat sluggishly. However, when I try to
> run it in the user account the screen goes blank, a message pops stating
> "Unable to write to C:\WINDOWS\Kyou.ini, and the game hangs. A new window
> states that preferences are being loaded. This never completes. Task
> Manager shows two instances of the game "Running." I close both and get the
> desktop back.
>
> I loaded this game on a different Windows XP PC. It runs fine (and faster)
> in both accounts.
>
> Can someone please explain what is going on to me? Is there anything I can
> do? We have an OEM version of XP installed. Could this problem be
> OEM-related?