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Old September 13th 09, 05:24 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
colin_magaw
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i have a game that cannot be installed unless it gets clearance from the
computers admin. my computer has multiple profiles and i just need to know
the process to change the settings. any help is great thanks.
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Old September 13th 09, 06:03 AM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
Shenan Stanley
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colin_magaw wrote:
i have a game that cannot be installed unless it gets clearance
from the computers admin. my computer has multiple profiles and i
just need to know the process to change the settings. any help is
great thanks.


"i just need to know the process to change the settings"

-- What settings?

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Old September 13th 09, 04:01 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
colin_magaw[_2_]
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"Shenan Stanley" wrote:

colin_magaw wrote:
i have a game that cannot be installed unless it gets clearance
from the computers admin. my computer has multiple profiles and i
just need to know the process to change the settings. any help is
great thanks.


"i just need to know the process to change the settings"

-- What settings?

--
Shenan Stanley
MS-MVP
--
How To Ask Questions The Smart Way
http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html


whichever settings limit the installation of games to the computers admin

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Old September 13th 09, 04:22 PM posted to microsoft.public.windowsxp.security_admin
Shenan Stanley
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colin_magaw wrote:
i have a game that cannot be installed unless it gets clearance
from the computers admin. my computer has multiple profiles and i
just need to know the process to change the settings. any help is
great thanks.


Shenan Stanley wrote:
"i just need to know the process to change the settings"

-- What settings?


colin_magaw wrote:
whichever settings limit the installation of games to the
computers admin


What you want is the ability to install software (that's all a game is) and
for some reason you do not have it on this computer using the account you
are logged in as. Likely a wise choice made by you or some other
administrator at some point - to prevent the installation of things
unintentionally (trojans, viruses and the likes.)

Why don't you just log off, log back on as a user with adminstrative rights,
install the game, log off and log back into the account that you use daily?

Your computer is setup in the way it should be for most people - where the
users of said computer are not system administrators/power users and cannot
install software because of that. This protects them, their data and the
computer as a whole quite effectively.

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http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html


 




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