Game won't load in XP secondary account, please help

[datalink7]

Hi all,

I came home for the summer from college. I just got a new game that my dad really likes, but his machine won't run it (Medevil: Total War). So I set up a secondary account with no password so that he could log in and play it, and I wouldn't need to give away my password. Well, when he clicks on the shortcut to start the game, the small splashscreen for it comes up and then dissapears. The game doesn't load.

Anyone know what is up?

Thanks for any help🙂

 

[TheOmegaCode]

Give the account Administrative privileges then run the game. If it works, then take the Admin privileges away.

 

[kursplat]

i've had the same thing with my kids accounts. had to make them power users for some games , plus , depending on the game i've had to add additional rules , make a shortcut to to .exe on the cd , grant full pemissions to the folder the game is installed and on and on...
MS games seem to be the worst.... figures
good luck

 

[datalink7]

Thanks that fixed it 🙂

 

[TheOmegaCode]

Originally posted by: datalink7
Thanks that fixed it 🙂

Were we right? Always good to know how you fixed something, just in case it comes up somewhere else 🙂