limited accounts in xp

[Dominic42]

hi everyone this is my first post.
is there anyway to modify limited accounts to what they can and cant do?
for instance my one son has a music program that wont work in a limited account but works just fine in a administrative account. and im having similar problems with other limited accounts. seems there are no options that i can see when setting up the accounts and ms seems to think this is all black and white with no grey area.

[John Prophet]

Welcome to the forum!

What if you installed the program from the admin account..will it work for him then under the limited account?

I think though that I have read that some progs just wont work under the "limited" accounts.

here is a short article, but I dont think it mentions how to modify th euser account http://www.wown.com/j_helmig/wxphusrm.htm

XP Pro has more options

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here is a possible workaround http://www.winnetmag.com/SmallBusine...ter_39957.html

As a workaround, you can use an Administrator account to run the program by performing the following steps:

Right-click the program shortcut, then select Properties.
From the Shortcut tab, click Advanced.
Select the "Run with different credentials" check box, as this figure shows, then click OK.
Click OK to close the Properties dialog box.

Now, when you execute the program shortcut, XP will prompt you to enter the user context in which you want to run the program. Select "The following user" and specify a non-limited account.



I think that is just basically running THAT ONE PROGRAM as an administrator account.


JP

[Epyon9283]

Some poorly made programs like winamp keep configuration data in the install dir which limited users don't have write access to. I would try giving the limited user permission to write to the directory where the program is installed.

[Dominic42]

thanks you have given me some ides on how to handle this. if i get it working or have more questions ill write back.
Dom