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bri1
30-04-2008, 7:33 PM
I have set up my old computer for my 10 year old with his own limited user account, so that he cannot make any drastic changes & mess up the machine.

Unfortunately some of the Kids games he wishes to install seem to demand Administrator access to proceed, so I have gone into his account & upgraded his account to administrator level to allow the game to be installed, but for some reason the games still refuse to install either stating Admin status required or cannot proceed as unauthorised.

Am I missing something here? :confused:

nburg01
01-05-2008, 11:30 AM
Can you install the games OK when you login under your account?

bri1
01-05-2008, 11:30 PM
Can you install the games OK when you login under your account?


It would seem so, but I have only tried to do one.

nburg01
02-05-2008, 8:35 AM
Try setting up a new account from scratch with admin rights and see if your kid can install games under this account.