granting limited users rights to run programs

Hi,

I have Windows XP Pro. I am the system administrator. I
have two children using the computer with limited user
accounts. Loaded onto the C drive is

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Mythology

When you go into the limited user accounts and try and
start the game it will say that the user does not have
adminstrator rights to use the game.

Ive tried to follow the help file about dragging it to
the shared file and it doesnt work.

Thanks for any help.

Ian

Known issue with this game.

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"Ian Isles" wrote in message
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Hi,

I have Windows XP Pro. I am the system administrator. I
have two children using the computer with limited user
accounts. Loaded onto the C drive is

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Mythology

When you go into the limited user accounts and try and
start the game it will say that the user does not have
adminstrator rights to use the game.

Ive tried to follow the help file about dragging it to
the shared file and it doesnt work.

Thanks for any help.

Ian

Greetings --

This is quite common if the software was designed for Win9x/Me, or
if it was intended for WinNT/2K/XP, but was improperly designed. Quite
simply, the installation routine for this application doesn't "know"
how to handle individual user profiles, or the application tries to
make changes to "off-limits" sections of the registry. Quite often,
you can make this software available to other users by _copying_ the
Start Menu folder and Desktop folder shortcuts from the user profile
from which the software was installed in the corresponding folders in
the user profile(s) in which you'd like the software to be accessible.
If the application is something that can/should be made available to
all current and future users, copying the shortcuts into the
corresponding locations of the All Users profile will do the trick.

NOTE: This may not work if the software requires access to parts
of the hard drive and/or registry that are not normally accessible to
regular users. (This won't occur if the application was properly
written.) If this does prove to be the case, however, you're left
with two options: Either grant the necessary users appropriate higher
access privileges (either as Power Users or local administrators), or
replace the application with one that was properly designed
specifically for WinNT/2K/XP.

Some Programs Do Not Work If You Log On from Limited Account
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q307091

Additionally, here are a couple of tips suggested, in a reply to a
different post, by MS-MVP Kent W. England:

"If your game or application works with admin accounts, but not with
limited accounts, you can fix it to allow limited users to access the
program files folder with "change" capability rather than "read" which
is the default.

C:\cacls "Program Files\appfolder" /e /t /p users:c

where "appfolder" is the folder where the application is installed.

If you wish to undo these changes, then run

C:\cacls "Program Files\appfolder" /e /t /p users:r

If you still have a problem with running the program or saving
settings on limited accounts, you may need to change permissions on
the registry keys. Run regedit.exe and go to HKLM\Software\vendor\app,
where "vendor\app" is the key that the software vendor used for your
specific program. Change the permissions on this key to allow Users
full control."


Bruce Chambers

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"Ian Isles" wrote in message
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Hi,

I have Windows XP Pro. I am the system administrator. I
have two children using the computer with limited user
accounts. Loaded onto the C drive is

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Mythology

When you go into the limited user accounts and try and
start the game it will say that the user does not have
adminstrator rights to use the game.

Ive tried to follow the help file about dragging it to
the shared file and it doesnt work.

Thanks for any help.

Ian

Thanks David and Bruce for taking the time to reply to
this query. Ill try what you suggest.

Ian

How can Microsoft convince independent software vendors to follow the
rules for XP when Microsoft won't do it for its own games?

Running limited accounts is important for security reasons and is
standard advice from Microsoft. It should be part of the Trustworthy
Computing Initiative.

--
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows



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Known issue with this game.


"Ian Isles" wrote in message
...
Hi,

I have Windows XP Pro. I am the system administrator. I
have two children using the computer with limited user
accounts. Loaded onto the C drive is

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Age of Mythology

When you go into the limited user accounts and try and
start the game it will say that the user does not have
adminstrator rights to use the game.

Ive tried to follow the help file about dragging it to
the shared file and it doesnt work.

Thanks for any help.

Ian