Re: running "old" WIN98/Me programmes with XP: specific questions

From: Kelly (kelly_at_mvps.org)
Date: 07/06/04 

Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2004 02:12:00 -0500

Option: Not as clean as you would want it, though.

You can use the /savecred option to save it the first time the password is
entered and you dont need to enter it from then on.

No there isnt a way to specify the password but you can use the /savecred
option to save it the first time the password
is entered and you dont need to enter it from then on.

For Pro:

You can use the /savecred option to save it the first time the password is
entered and you dont need to enter it from then on.

You add the switch to the shortcut target. Right-click the shortcut and
select Properties, then the Shortcut tab. Edit the target line.

For example, this is the line to run Nero from a limited account:

%systemroot%\system32\runas.exe /user:computername\admin
 /savecred "D:\Program Files\ahead\Nero\nero.exe"

The first time you run it, enter the password. After that it won't ask for
one again. 

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"Paul (Bornival)" <Paul (Bornival)@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in 
message news:B0BE21CD-4378-44C8-B796-8231350124B9@microsoft.com...
> Can someone help me with the following specific problems of compatibility 
> between Win98/Me programs and Windows X ?.
>
> I am using for my profession three programs (Paint Shop version 6, Axum
> version 5, Instat version 3) that ran without problem on Windows 95/98/Me
> and could also be installed on Windows NT (according to their respective
> editors, but I have not tested them in this environment).
>
> When installed on a Windows XP machine, these programs run fine for the
> Administrator.  But for a user with limited account, I get the following
> messages
> - for Paint Shop version 6: "Failed to update the System Registry. 
> Please,
> try using REGEDIT". If clicking OK, the same message reappears, but if
> clicking OK again, the program starts normally !!
> - for Axum, the splash screen appears but then a message titled "16 bis
> Windows subsystem" pops up with the warning:
> "C:\DOCUMEN~2\PAULTU~1\LOCALS\Temp: a temporary file needed for
> initilization could not be cerated or be written.  Make sure the directoty
> path exists; and disk space is available" and presents a button offering 
> to
> close.  But if I try to close, the splash screen freezes and I need to log
> off to have it to diasappear.
> - for Instat, the program does not start but I get the message: "This copy
> of Instat is for a single user and is already in use".
> Now, I can have all three programs running for a user with limited account
> if they launch the programme with Administrator priviledges (i.e. if the
> shortcut is modified with the "Run with  different credentials" box
> checked).  But I do not want to do this because it means that the password
> of the Administrator needs to be known by the users with limited accounts.
>
> Is there any way to modify the permissions at the Registry level or at 
> some
> other level in order to make that a user with a limited account can launch
> these programs without having to enter the Administrator password.  I have
> tried  at several places (and solved the problem that way for other
> programs) but have not been able to find out where to tweak Windows for
> these three programs.
>
>

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