I have a problem with the user accounts.
I have set my children up on limited user accounts via windows.
I have given them internet access via McAffee Internet Security Package 6.0 for the full day.
Before I installed McAffee, the kids could not access the internet from their accounts.
After I installed McAffee, the kids could not access the internet from their accounts.
After I switched to DSL, the kids can't use their accounts.
They can't do anything in their accounts, ie. word processing, spreadsheets, games.

Help!

countingapples,

After studying your question I think the problem lies with your DSL setup, you will need to make sure that it is set to allow other users to access it since it requires a password and username. There are two settings for this, private (just for your administrator account) and for others users, you should be able to change this under the existing DSL connection in Network connections.

Thanks Denman,

Well, in looking through all the DSL related items and even going to the web setup page, I have found that my DSL doesn't have the kind of setup.

In the end I went into the McAffee Privacy Service to double check my settings. I ended up changing my daughter's account from a limited user to a secondary administrator. While this protects the majority of settings, it does allow her access to some of her own settings. In so doing, she can now open the word processing, games and browser that she wasn't able to before.

So, I have a work-around in place, but I'd still like to know what is preventing normal usage of their accounts when set to limited user in both places.

countingapples,

More information is needed to help answer this question of administrator vs limited accounts, which version of Windows XP are you running? Home or professional version, what word processing program/version, what games do not work right? It is really a matter of permissions and sharing, compliant/legacy software in Windows XP...give me a little more detail on this and we will figure it out.

Thanks Denman.

OS: Windows XP Home Edition
Office Programs: MS Office 2000 Professional
Games: Heros of Might and Magic II, Myst, SimCity 2000, SimAnt, Roller Coaster Tycoon, Moto Racer 2

Let me know if you need more than this.

Countingapples,

After reviewing what games are giving problems I know what the issue is, none of the games listed are XP compatible/compliant...they were more suited for the Win 9x operating systems. This simply means they were not designed to run in a Windows 2000/XP multi-user climate with limited accounts in mind, and Windows XP is even more limited as it "does not" have the tools to enable you to share folders and permissions like XP Professional. Is there a way around this? not an EASY WAY, unless you want to get in fairly deep and editing the registry is involved, if you decide not to go this route, just IGNORE the instructions posted below.

As for Office 2000, you need to make sure you have applied all of the service packs for this. Generally if it does not work under a limited account it will give you an error message like

Error 1706. No valid source could be found for product
Microsoft Office 2000 SR-1 Professional. The Windows
installer cannot continue.

Most of the times Office 2000 just requires an install for each user...it would prompt you for this when you tried to open one of the applications, give me a little more details on the Office problem.

Advanced Instructions for Setting up Games.

1. Logon as Admin and create a new admin account with password
2. Now you have to hide this account so that it does not appear at startup thereby preventing junior from logging on with this account. To do this you need to edit the registry.
3. Start, Run, type “regedit” in the window and press OK
4. Select “Edit” – “Find” from the toolbar menu and type “UserList” in the window. Select “Find Next” and allow the search to take place. Press the F3 key once. You should now be in the userlist folder in Winlogon.
5. In the right pane, right click and select New DWORD Value. Type the name of your new admin account in the space. Ensure that the value is set to 0 (zero) and close regedit
6. You will need to the game Icon on the desktop. Under the Shortcut tab select Advanced. Place a tick against Run with different credentials. Click OK - Apply – OK
7. Now logoff and logon as your child
8. Double click on whichever game Icon you want to run and select “The Following User”. Using the pull down tab select your new admin account name and enter the password. Click OK and if all the planets are in alignment and the Gods of Microsoft are with you then the game should run as a full admin account.

This allows junior to play any game as an administrator but prevents junior from making damaging changes to your PC. For other games just use steps 6 to 8 above