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I run XP pro on a domain and I am the admin, My wife isn't and she can't
play our newly obtained Microsoft Casino game. What can I change to enable
her to play it? Surely she doesn't have to be an admin to play the game?!
 
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Hi mmac,

"mmac" <lost@sea> wrote in message news:ujSOTTfxEHA.2676@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>I run XP pro on a domain and I am the admin, My wife isn't and she can't play our newly obtained Microsoft Casino game. What can I
>change to enable her to play it? Surely she doesn't have to be an admin to play the game?!
>

Some games will work with limited accounts after they have been installed and
run once either using an administrator account, or by temporarily changing the
limited user account(s) to an admin account in Control Panel / User Accounts,
just for the purpose of running the game the first time in order to be able to
install the necessary files and create the keys in the registry that it needs to
function, but may not be able to due to the restrictive nature of limited accounts.

If that mouthful doesn't resolve the issue, use the "Run As.." command instead:

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. Simple as that!

I know what you're thinking: That defeats the purpose of the limited user account.
To secure the "able2play" account so that it can't be used to logon to the computer:

First you can hide the account so that it won't show up on the Welcome Screen:
http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_hide_users.htm (thanks Doug!)

Next add a shortcut to the windows logoff routine into the RUN key of the
able2play registry. I made a reg patch to simplify this process if you wish to use it:

4. Logon to the "able2play" account,

5. <ONLY RUN THIS PATCH USING THE "ABLE2PLAY" ACCOUNT>
Save this patch to your drive and then doubleclick it to install it to your registry.
http://www3.sympatico.ca/nibblesnbits/OnlyRunUsingAble2PlayAccount.reg

or

*Instead of using the reg patch, click Start / Run / regedt32 / browse to:
[HKCU\SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] and
Click Edit / New / String value / ValueName: logoff / Value data: logoff

From now on, if anyone logs on with the "able2play" account, the computer will log
them off immediately. They will not gain access to an administrators desktop! :)

--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Game FAQs: ;gms]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
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My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________
 
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thanks for the quick response,
I have done all that and that was the direction that I was going to go
but I did some checking with Regmon and found that several reg keys didn't
have permissions for this non admin. I added the perms and got the accdenied
list down to the HKCU Key.
Now HKCU is a big branch to give those kind of permissions to but I
tried anyway and even though the permissions are there, Regmon still says
the program is getting accdenied at that key.
Can you shed any light on that?

"Jimmy S." <Private> wrote in message
news:ebzSMXfxEHA.1404@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Hi mmac,
>
> "mmac" <lost@sea> wrote in message
> news:ujSOTTfxEHA.2676@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>I run XP pro on a domain and I am the admin, My wife isn't and she can't
>>play our newly obtained Microsoft Casino game. What can I change to enable
>>her to play it? Surely she doesn't have to be an admin to play the game?!
>>
>
> Some games will work with limited accounts after they have been installed
> and
> run once either using an administrator account, or by temporarily changing
> the
> limited user account(s) to an admin account in Control Panel / User
> Accounts,
> just for the purpose of running the game the first time in order to be
> able to
> install the necessary files and create the keys in the registry that it
> needs to
> function, but may not be able to due to the restrictive nature of limited
> accounts.
>
> If that mouthful doesn't resolve the issue, use the "Run As.." command
> instead:
>
> 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. Simple as
> that!
>
> I know what you're thinking: That defeats the purpose of the limited user
> account.
> To secure the "able2play" account so that it can't be used to logon to the
> computer:
>
> First you can hide the account so that it won't show up on the Welcome
> Screen:
> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_hide_users.htm (thanks Doug!)
>
> Next add a shortcut to the windows logoff routine into the RUN key of the
> able2play registry. I made a reg patch to simplify this process if you
> wish to use it:
>
> 4. Logon to the "able2play" account,
>
> 5. <ONLY RUN THIS PATCH USING THE "ABLE2PLAY" ACCOUNT>
> Save this patch to your drive and then doubleclick it to install it to
> your registry.
> http://www3.sympatico.ca/nibblesnbits/OnlyRunUsingAble2PlayAccount.reg
>
> or
>
> *Instead of using the reg patch, click Start / Run / regedt32 / browse
> to:
> [HKCU\SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] and
> Click Edit / New / String value / ValueName: logoff / Value data:
> logoff
>
> From now on, if anyone logs on with the "able2play" account, the computer
> will log
> them off immediately. They will not gain access to an administrators
> desktop! :)
>
> --
> Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
> Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>
> Game FAQs: ;gms]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
> Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call /
> Contact
> MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
> My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any
> rights.
> _________________________________________________________
>
>
>
>
 
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Hi mmac,

I haven't tried using regmon to resolve these issues, so I'm not able2shed
a light on it for you, however if all else fails, you can runas able2play. ;-)

--
Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com

Game FAQs: ;gms]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
_________________________________________________________

"mmac" <no@thank.you> wrote in message news:uIUY5ZjxEHA.3976@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> thanks for the quick response,
> I have done all that and that was the direction that I was going to go but I did some checking with Regmon and found that
> several reg keys didn't have permissions for this non admin. I added the perms and got the accdenied list down to the HKCU Key.
> Now HKCU is a big branch to give those kind of permissions to but I tried anyway and even though the permissions are there,
> Regmon still says the program is getting accdenied at that key.
> Can you shed any light on that?
>
> "Jimmy S." <Private> wrote in message news:ebzSMXfxEHA.1404@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> Hi mmac,
>>
>> "mmac" <lost@sea> wrote in message news:ujSOTTfxEHA.2676@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
>>>I run XP pro on a domain and I am the admin, My wife isn't and she can't play our newly obtained Microsoft Casino game. What can
>>>I change to enable her to play it? Surely she doesn't have to be an admin to play the game?!
>>>
>>
>> Some games will work with limited accounts after they have been installed and
>> run once either using an administrator account, or by temporarily changing the
>> limited user account(s) to an admin account in Control Panel / User Accounts,
>> just for the purpose of running the game the first time in order to be able to
>> install the necessary files and create the keys in the registry that it needs to
>> function, but may not be able to due to the restrictive nature of limited accounts.
>>
>> If that mouthful doesn't resolve the issue, use the "Run As.." command instead:
>>
>> 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. Simple as that!
>>
>> I know what you're thinking: That defeats the purpose of the limited user account.
>> To secure the "able2play" account so that it can't be used to logon to the computer:
>>
>> First you can hide the account so that it won't show up on the Welcome Screen:
>> http://www.dougknox.com/xp/scripts_desc/xp_hide_users.htm (thanks Doug!)
>>
>> Next add a shortcut to the windows logoff routine into the RUN key of the
>> able2play registry. I made a reg patch to simplify this process if you wish to use it:
>>
>> 4. Logon to the "able2play" account,
>>
>> 5. <ONLY RUN THIS PATCH USING THE "ABLE2PLAY" ACCOUNT>
>> Save this patch to your drive and then doubleclick it to install it to your registry.
>> http://www3.sympatico.ca/nibblesnbits/OnlyRunUsingAble2PlayAccount.reg
>>
>> or
>>
>> *Instead of using the reg patch, click Start / Run / regedt32 / browse to:
>> [HKCU\SOFTWARE\ Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run] and
>> Click Edit / New / String value / ValueName: logoff / Value data: logoff
>>
>> From now on, if anyone logs on with the "able2play" account, the computer will log
>> them off immediately. They will not gain access to an administrators desktop! :)
>>
>> --
>> Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
>> Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
>>
>> Game FAQs: ;gms]http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=FH;[LN];gms
>> Visit my Zone.com / Gaming Helpsite: http://nibblesnbits.tk or Call / Contact
>> MS Support at: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=sz;en-us;top
>> My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
>> _________________________________________________________
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>
 
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