Punkbuster and O/S

From: Prophet (Prophet_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 01/19/05 

Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 10:55:02 -0800

If their is one game everyone should have it is Americas Army. It's free but
ive noticed some complications with Windows XP Prof. Lets say you share your
computer with others, with Americas Army the only people that are able to
play are those with Administrative stats. Everyone can run the aao.exe no
problem, the thing is is that AAO is an all online game. Once you join a
server, PB (Punkbuster) automaticaly kicks you out of it because of
inadiquate O/S Priv. that is if you are not an administrator on your computer.

Any ideas on why this happens, and or how to fix it? I have looked at the
programs settings to see who is allowd to use it and everyone with an account
on my comp has the rights to, but only administrators are able to actualy
play it.

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