Re: Admin problems not letting me play BIA, Halo, Far Cry?

Hi Ted,

If you have a spare partition, I would try installing a side by side
installation of Windows XP there, and upgrade it to SP2 before
attempting to install the games.

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

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"Ted Hadden" <TedHadden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:815B3BF4-C04A-4BAE-8BD2-085AAAE7878A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| Hello Jimmy,
|
| Yes. I've reinstalled SP2 several times. Including twice when I was on the
| phone with both the XP tech support and games support personnel from
| Microsoft.
|
| The only thing I can do to get MSF9 to function properly on my machine is to
| uninstall SP2.
|
| I have however decided that I'd rather run my system with SP2 than have FS9
| on my system. So until I can get this figured out I haven't a clue.
|
| Thanks my friend. I'm still open to suggestions.
|
| Ted
|
| "Jimmy S." wrote:
|
| > Hi Ted,
| >
| > I thought for certain that either repairing the ACL on the system
| > or creating a new Admin account would have resolved the issue.
| >
| > Have you tried reinstalling Service Pack 2?
| >
| > --
| > Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
| > Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| >
| > Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
| > MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
| > My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
| > _________________________________________________________
| >
| > "Ted Hadden" <TedHadden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:0CDB65A3-02A2-4ED7-A3D2-E54B596E4A62@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > | Jimmy, Thanks again for bearing with me here.
| > |
| > | I've created several new accounts and tried everyway I can think of to grant
| > | all permissions to these accounts ... No go. :(
| > |
| > | As for the safe mode, I've tried launching the game as well from the default
| > | only Admin account, it didn't launch from there either.
| > |
| > | Again thanks for your time and patience.
| > |
| > | "Jimmy S." wrote:
| > |
| > | > Hi Ted,
| > | >
| > | > Your message is not cluttering up the message boards.
| > | > It's best to have this information here, as it gets indexed
| > | > by search engines and might help others find a solution. :-)
| > | >
| > | > Since you only have the one Administrator account, I have
| > | > to wonder what would happen if you created a 2nd account
| > | > with administrator privileges, and logged in with it to install
| > | > the game. You might want to test that in Safe Mode also.
| > | >
| > | > --
| > | > Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
| > | > Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| > | >
| > | > Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
| > | > MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
| > | > My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
| > | > _________________________________________________________
| > | >
| > | > "Ted Hadden" <TedHadden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:AF4EB692-3A9D-46E3-8EA3-42B702DF1D7C@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > | > | Jimmy,
| > | > |
| > | > | Thanks for the reply.
| > | > |
| > | > | Rather than clutter the forums with why and what for, I thought I'd try to
| > | > | send you an email and update you on my situation, but your server rejected
| > | > | it. So I'll clutter the forums with this.
| > | > |
| > | > | I did everything you said as to downloading the application and installing
| > | > | it and creating a batch file. I ran the batch file and sat back and waited
| > | > | while a DOS window popped up and managed to scroll away crazily on my
| > | > | monitor, then a red bar with some information in it sat there and files were
| > | > | processed. It took all of 15 to 20 minutes the first time I ran it.
| > | > |
| > | > | When it was done, I reinstalled the game(s) I am having permissions problems
| > | > | with and tried to play them. No joy! :(
| > | > | I thought well maybe the batch file thingie was supposed to write
| > | > | permissions to the games which were not on my system at the time of the first
| > | > | running of the batch file, so I reran the batch file and this time it took a
| > | > | matter of two minutes to do the whole process.
| > | > |
| > | > | Rebooted and tried the game(s) ... No joy.
| > | > |
| > | > | Not sure what my problem is. I did not have these issues when I ran XP
| > | > | Home with SP1, I only have these problems with the SP2 Installation.
| > | > |
| > | > | I can do anything I want with my system. I can add software, hardware, etc.
| > | > |
| > | > | As I said on the forums, I only have the one account on this system, and
| > | > | it's the default administrator/single user account. I do not have to choose
| > | > | a user to log in when I boot the system, it goes straight to my desktop.
| > | > |
| > | > | The only thing I can figure, (and this is from someone who has slight
| > | > | knowledge) is that there are certain security permissions that are now ticked
| > | > | on with SP2 that were not ticked on with SP1. I just need to find them.
| > | > |
| > | > | I appreciate your efforts.
| > | > |
| > | > | Thanks.
| > | > |
| > | > | Ted Hadden
| > | > |
| > | > | "Jimmy S." wrote:
| > | > |
| > | > | > Hi Ted,
| > | > | >
| > | > | > Lets try restoring the ACL permissions on your drive and registry.
| > | > | > CAUTION: Create a system restore point before continuing..
| > | > | >
| > | > | > First, download subinacl.msi from Microsoft's Downloads Site:
| > | > | > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=E8BA3E56-D8FE-4A91-93CF-ED6985E3927B&displaylang=en
| > | > | >
| > | > | > Once installed issue the following commands through a .bat file you'll create in
| > | > | > the newly created C:\Program Files\Windows Resource Kits\Tools folder:
| > | > | >
| > | > | > subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=administrators=f
| > | > | > subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=administrators=f
| > | > | > subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=administrators=f
| > | > | > subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=administrators=f
| > | > | >
| > | > | > subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE /grant=system=f
| > | > | > subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CURRENT_USER /grant=system=f
| > | > | > subinacl /subkeyreg HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT /grant=system=f
| > | > | > subinacl /subdirectories %SystemDrive% /grant=system=f
| > | > | >
| > | > | > --
| > | > | > Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
| > | > | > Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| > | > | >
| > | > | > Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
| > | > | > MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
| > | > | > My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
| > | > | > _________________________________________________________
| > | > | >
| > | > | > "Ted Hadden" <Ted Hadden@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > news:7CF274A4-7D8F-4D1D-8A5A-B8DC08CF6514@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > | > | > | Hello folks,
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | I too am experienceing this problem. I have XP Home on my system. My
| > | > | > | situation involves trying to run Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 "Century of
| > | > | > | Flight."
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | I only have the one user account on my system and this account has all
| > | > | > | rights and privileges. As far as I know, this account is THE administrator's
| > | > | > | account.
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | Here is my situation: As long as I have XP Home with SP1 installed on my
| > | > | > | system, I can run FS9 (2004) with no problems. As soon as I install SP2, FS9
| > | > | > | will not run and I am given the error dialog box. "Please log on with
| > | > | > | Adiminstrator privileges and try again." I have even tried doing a safe boot
| > | > | > | and logging in as "administrator" and it still fails with this error message.
| > | > | > | I have tried clean booting, and several other possibilities.
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | The only thing I can figure is that the security "enhancements" of SP2 are
| > | > | > | setting an option I am not aware of.
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | I have called MS Support and had both a games specialist and an XP
| > | > | > | specialist on the phone in a 3 way conversation for 3 hours and nothing was
| > | > | > | resolved.
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | Microsoft has in the tech help offered a "fix" for this problem but not as
| > | > | > | it relates to FS9 apparently. I have tried the "fix" several times without
| > | > | > | success. This "fix" is to create a new icon on the desktop.
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | I would appreciate any and all suggestions on fixing this.
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | Thanks
| > | > | > | Ted Hadden
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | "Jimmy S." wrote:
| > | > | > |
| > | > | > | > Hi Landon,
| > | > | > | >
| > | > | > | > What type of the account you're logging on with please?
| > | > | > | > Is it *the* Administrator account or *an* Administrator account?
| > | > | > | >
| > | > | > | > --
| > | > | > | > Cheers, Windows XP MVP Shell / User
| > | > | > | > Jimmy S. http://mvp.support.microsoft.com
| > | > | > | >
| > | > | > | > Visit my MSN Zone.com and Gaming Help Site: http://mvps.org/nibblesnbits
| > | > | > | > MS Games Help and Support Center: http://support.microsoft.com/?pr=gms
| > | > | > | > My advice is donated "AS IS" without warranty; nor do I confer any rights.
| > | > | > | > _________________________________________________________
| > | > | > | >
| > | > | > | > "Landon Meadows" <LandonMeadows@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > | > | > | > news:F9852545-C5ED-4139-BC87-4ACAAD5CCB8E@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > | > | > | > | OK, heres the thing, i bought Windows XP PRO SP2 and am the only admin on the
| > | > | > | > | computer, i install my games which i noted on the Subject. I double click on
| > | > | > | > | the game icon and an error comes up and says "Please login with administrator
| > | > | > | > | privileges and try again" I dont understand, i just installed Win XP PRO sp2.
| > | > | > | > | And another problem why is my Regestered to thing an 76487-OEM-0056881-80433
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| > | > | > | > | ^
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| > | > | > | > | |
| > | > | > | > | I know my computer is Custom but how does it know its a custom computer.
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| > | > | > | > | Please anyone who knows what the problem is reply or email me at
| > | > | > | > | tan_man123@xxxxxxxxxxx
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