using games without admin privileges

I loaded Tron 2.0 on my boys' computer tonight. It won't
let them play without admin privileges (just gives
them "install" option.) Does anyone know a workaround
for this? I want them to be able to play, but I don't
want to change their account type. The computer and
their new games are their Christmas present, so I'm
hoping to get this solved ASAP. Thanks for the help and
Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas to you too MissyBell! :-)

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:

What I do is 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/nibblesnbit...layAccount.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! :-)

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"MissyBell" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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|I loaded Tron 2.0 on my boys' computer tonight. It won't
| let them play without admin privileges (just gives
| them "install" option.) Does anyone know a workaround
| for this? I want them to be able to play, but I don't
| want to change their account type. The computer and
| their new games are their Christmas present, so I'm
| hoping to get this solved ASAP. Thanks for the help and
| Merry Christmas!