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Vista disables Cool'N'Quiet on some motherboards
Just move the game into user-writeable directory... DOS-based games don't
need access to registry. If a Windows game needs to write to protected places, it's not designed properly. Those programmers would then write a game for Linux that requires root login. It's their problem, not Windows. " wrote in message ... On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:00:43 -0400, Tony Hill wrote: They finally changed this around for SP2 and have taken it further with Vista. So much so that I have to give my 6 year old admin access on her new box (I was stupid to set it up with XP SP2 - should've opted for 2k) whenever she wants to play some of her favorite games (she likes some DOS-based oldies). There is not even an option "run as different user" that I could set up the games under her account, or I just could not locate it by quick looking. Any idea, anyone? TIA NNN |
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On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 19:31:12 -0400, Tony Hill
wrote: On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:25:32 GMT, " wrote: On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 01:00:43 -0400, Tony Hill wrote: They finally changed this around for SP2 and have taken it further with Vista. So much so that I have to give my 6 year old admin access on her new box (I was stupid to set it up with XP SP2 - should've opted for 2k) whenever she wants to play some of her favorite games (she likes some DOS-based oldies). Most of the problems I've encountered have to do with applications being absolutely moronic about file permissions (ie they just assume that they can write data anywhere and everywhere and crash when such a write fails). If you can figure out where the game needs write permissions you might be able to resolve this. This is easy enough to test for DOS programs since they usually reside entirely within one folder. Just give her user account full read/write access to that folder and see if it works as a non-admin. If so you can then optionally try to narrow down exactly what files and/or directories specifically require the read/write access and what ones can do with only read access. That was the first thing that came to my mind. Gave her full access to the folder and each file in it - still no-go. Apparently the game tries to access some hardware directly or does something else that XP tolerates only from admins. There is not even an option "run as different user" that I could set up the games under her account, or I just could not locate it by quick looking. Any idea, anyone? TIA The 'Run As' command will take care of this, though it's implementation leaves a bit to be desired. Try something like the following command line: runas /savecred /user:mymachine\admin application Thanks - that's exactly what I hoped to find. I suspected all along that there must be a command line corresponding to the GUI option that is available to admins but hidden in limited user account. Will try as soon as I get to the box. A few points of note though, the '/savecred' option will allow you to run it without entering a password every time, but it's only implemented in WinXP Profession, disabled in XP Home (I don't know about Media Center). The 'mymachine' is the hostname of your computer and 'admin' is the user account of the administrator for which you want to run the application. Also note that, as with 'sudo' in the *nix world, the 'runas' command should be looked at as something of a last resort for non-admin tasks. Ideally you want her to be able to play the games simply as a standard user account, which is usually possible by simply adjusting file permissions. With XP, especially SP2, you never know... Thanks, NNN |
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Vista disables Cool'N'Quiet on some motherboards
On Fri, 16 Mar 2007 13:25:32 GMT, "
wrote: So much so that I have to give my 6 year old admin access on her new box (I was stupid to set it up with XP SP2 - should've opted for 2k) whenever she wants to play some of her favorite games (she likes some DOS-based oldies). There is not even an option "run as different user" that I could set up the games under her account, or I just could not locate it by quick looking. Any idea, anyone? TIA How about dosbox.sourceforge.net ? It's what I use to get old dos stuff working without having to muck around too much -- A Lost Angel, fallen from heaven Lost in dreams, Lost in aspirations, Lost to the world, Lost to myself |
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Vista disables Cool'N'Quiet on some motherboards
Tony Hill wrote:
What exactly was not working with this search utility? I know you complained about a bug in 'Find.exe', though the only one I'm aware of is one that was fixed with Win2K SP2, 6 years ago. It's not exactly a tool that they've had much reason to change for quite a few years. It was finally fixed in Win2K. It was broken (it was simply unsuable as it could not find data which was obvoiusly there) for so many years. So basically your example is agreeing with me that Microsoft did a terrible job with software quality up until Win2K. After that point they improved dramatically. It is certainly a key application. MPlayer (or any alternative to Windows Media Player) is not a key application and has had MORE then it's fair share of bugs simply in getting it packaged and distributed with all the accompanied packages to make it useful without running into dependancy hell. Now compare what you can play with default install of MPlayer and Windows Media Player That depends on what distribution because there are so many different ways that MPlayer gets packaged up. It needs MANY libraries to be useful at all, not to mention some kind of GUI. I has GUI built in. And it's current set of libraries shipping with it is good for vast majority stuff out there -- it can play various mpeg4, mpeg2, WMV (up to 9), and tons of older stuff. When it IS installed correctly though it can be a very good player. I use it because I can get the dependancy nonsense sorted out and I don't mind spending an hour or two doing so. But most people don't care about this sort of stuff enough for it to be worth their time, they just want something that works. Now it just works. Download stuff from mplayerhq.hu and install and it will work. This is why Ubuntu holds a MUCH larger chance of succeeding on the desktop then Redhat. That's true. But that's because Ubuntu is free as free beer and is oriented towards home desktop use (RHEL is business oriented, but works there well). Ubuntu is where it is because it's paid for and doesn't have to make money at all. It's even supposed to loose money as it's meant to be a generous gift to the World. rgds -- Sebastian Kaliszewski |
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