windows XP pro problems. (game question)

kupo00 · May 11th, 2002

for the past couple of months ive been trying to play some games on my Win XP account but i had to luck. for example, im trying to play the sims but when i run it it says something like not enough memory and harddrive space, even though i closed almost every running program. When my brother runs the game on his account(which is the admin account) it runs fine. same with the other games we have on this computer (half life, warcraft3 beta)

does anyone know why games dont run on my account? is it because im not the admin? if so, i think that is really ***. only letting the admin play games and not the other people who are using the computer....

G-Pitts · May 11th, 2002

If your brother can run that games using his account, this is maybe the problem with your account. Why dont you ask your brother to change your account type to admin.
By the way, there are some games are incompatible with winxp especially old games.

**Demigod** · May 11th, 2002

Even with a guest access you should be able to run programs that are installed on the computer. You just won't be able to install stuff.

Esturk · May 11th, 2002

Make sure when you're on with your bro that he logs off first. Then you go into your account. Don't just switch users.

sithspawn · May 11th, 2002

Maybe your brother activates the disk quota or sets the virtual memory too low?

kupo00 · May 11th, 2002

my brother never logs off his account. he just switches users when hes done.
well it seems like almost everything in the program files file doesnt work on my account. for some reason AIM works.. but stuff like rpg maker doesnt work on my account but it does on his. when i run gamespy arcade it crashes on my side but works perfectly fine on his. i could go on and on about this....

about him changing my account to admin.. i dont think he will do that.

EfrainMan · May 11th, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by kupo00
my brother never logs off his account. he just switches users when hes done.

Then you'd better make sure he logs off. That stuff takes a lot of memory, and leaves little behind for others. Your bro should know better, tho' he seems a bit selfish

G-Pitts · May 11th, 2002

Your brother is totally evil

You must beg him to change his attitude

Esturk · May 11th, 2002

Quote:

Originally posted by EfrainMan
Then you'd better make sure he logs off. That stuff takes a lot of memory, and leaves little behind for others. Your bro should know better, tho' he seems a bit selfish

Exactly what I was thinking.

**Demigod** · May 11th, 2002

Ask him to change you to at least a power user. That way you can install programs and stuff but can't make system-wide changes.

kupo00 · May 12th, 2002

well, thank you all for trying to help but no matter what i do or say to him hes not gonna change what he set on this computer.

change to a power user? how do you do that? im just asking cause im sure hes gonna say that he doesnt know how to change it or theirs nothing like that on the computer.

sithspawn · May 12th, 2002

Just the case of putting your username to the Power Users group.

Sniper · May 12th, 2002

you don't need that, just tell him to make you as a normal user account. that is limited account, but higher than guess account.
and it doesn't matter what account he make for you, you had had to make sure that he LOG OFF HIS ACCOUNT. what happen to you is that he's running his account at the sametime running your account at the sametime so it use hell lot of memory, in this case I would think you need something like 512MB of Ram, coz that's like a server. hehe.
anyway if he don't log off his account, shut down the pc and then log in to your account. so you get all your memory you need. hehe.

kupo00 · May 12th, 2002

well actually i do have 512MB of ram.
about switching to the normal user account, does he have to me an all new account for me or is their some sort of setting that switches from limited to normal.?

EfrainMan · May 12th, 2002

In the Control Panel, under User Accounts, there is the option of the liberties given to users, but that point is moot.

Get your brother to LOG OFF instead of SWITCH USER! That will remedy!

Darkhound · May 12th, 2002

i had this problem, i got an error when itried to install AOE, it said i had not enough space when i had 8Gb and it only needs 187Mb. Also i couldnt install Jedi Knight 2, but it worked under my bros avccount, but i had admin accesss on mine aswell so i dont know what was wrong....

May 11th, 2002	#1 (permalink)
kupo00 Banned Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: California Posts: 24	windows XP pro problems. (game question) for the past couple of months ive been trying to play some games on my Win XP account but i had to luck. for example, im trying to play the sims but when i run it it says something like not enough memory and harddrive space, even though i closed almost every running program. When my brother runs the game on his account(which is the admin account) it runs fine. same with the other games we have on this computer (half life, warcraft3 beta) does anyone know why games dont run on my account? is it because im not the admin? if so, i think that is really ***. only letting the admin play games and not the other people who are using the computer....

May 11th, 2002	#2 (permalink)
G-Pitts Whats Up Doc! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Land Below The Wind, Malaysia Posts: 1,232	If your brother can run that games using his account, this is maybe the problem with your account. Why dont you ask your brother to change your account type to admin. By the way, there are some games are incompatible with winxp especially old games. __________________ Kar-T-Ney + AMD Athlon64 X2 3600+ (2.25 ghz) + 4096 MB DDR2 + Geforce 7600GT 256 MB DDR3 + Realtek HD Audio + WinXP Pro SP2

May 11th, 2002	#3 (permalink)
Demigod これはバタスです Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,811	Even with a guest access you should be able to run programs that are installed on the computer. You just won't be able to install stuff. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66 Ghz (Yorkfield) Mobo: Intel DX48BT2 Memory: 2048 MB PC10600 DDR3 Videocard: PNY Geforce 9800 GX2 PCIe w/ 1024 MB GDDR3 Soundcard: On-board SigmaTel High Definition Audio Hard drive: 300 MB Maxtor & 1 TB Hitachi Optical drive: LG GGW-H20L (2x BD-R DL) OS: Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit)

May 11th, 2002	#4 (permalink)
Esturk Registered User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Edmonton, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,957	Make sure when you're on with your bro that he logs off first. Then you go into your account. Don't just switch users. __________________ Necrosaro: Windows XP Pro x64 Edition SP2 \| Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB, 6MB L2 Cache \| Asus P5Q Deluxe, Intel P45 Chipset, Socket 775 \| 4GB Kingston PC5300 DDR2 \| Nvidia GeForce 8800GT, 1024MB \| Creative SB X-Fi Fatality Edition \| Western Digital Raptor WD1500ADFD, 150Gb, SATA, Western Digital WD5000AAKS, 500GB, SATA \| LG 16x DVD-RWx2 SATA.

May 11th, 2002	#5 (permalink)
sithspawn The Spawn of Sith Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: In a galaxy far, far away ... Posts: 183	Maybe your brother activates the disk quota or sets the virtual memory too low? __________________ "There is no try. There is do, or do not."

May 11th, 2002	#6 (permalink)
kupo00 Banned Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: California Posts: 24	my brother never logs off his account. he just switches users when hes done. well it seems like almost everything in the program files file doesnt work on my account. for some reason AIM works.. but stuff like rpg maker doesnt work on my account but it does on his. when i run gamespy arcade it crashes on my side but works perfectly fine on his. i could go on and on about this.... about him changing my account to admin.. i dont think he will do that.

May 11th, 2002	#8 (permalink)
G-Pitts Whats Up Doc! Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Land Below The Wind, Malaysia Posts: 1,232	Your brother is totally evil You must beg him to change his attitude __________________ Kar-T-Ney + AMD Athlon64 X2 3600+ (2.25 ghz) + 4096 MB DDR2 + Geforce 7600GT 256 MB DDR3 + Realtek HD Audio + WinXP Pro SP2

May 11th, 2002	#10 (permalink)
Demigod これはバタスです Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Posts: 5,811	Ask him to change you to at least a power user. That way you can install programs and stuff but can't make system-wide changes. __________________ CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 @ 2.66 Ghz (Yorkfield) Mobo: Intel DX48BT2 Memory: 2048 MB PC10600 DDR3 Videocard: PNY Geforce 9800 GX2 PCIe w/ 1024 MB GDDR3 Soundcard: On-board SigmaTel High Definition Audio Hard drive: 300 MB Maxtor & 1 TB Hitachi Optical drive: LG GGW-H20L (2x BD-R DL) OS: Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit)

May 12th, 2002	#11 (permalink)
kupo00 Banned Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: California Posts: 24	well, thank you all for trying to help but no matter what i do or say to him hes not gonna change what he set on this computer. change to a power user? how do you do that? im just asking cause im sure hes gonna say that he doesnt know how to change it or theirs nothing like that on the computer.

May 12th, 2002	#12 (permalink)
sithspawn The Spawn of Sith Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: In a galaxy far, far away ... Posts: 183	Just the case of putting your username to the Power Users group. __________________ "There is no try. There is do, or do not."

May 12th, 2002	#13 (permalink)
Sniper Registered User Join Date: Jun 2001 Posts: 460	you don't need that, just tell him to make you as a normal user account. that is limited account, but higher than guess account. and it doesn't matter what account he make for you, you had had to make sure that he LOG OFF HIS ACCOUNT. what happen to you is that he's running his account at the sametime running your account at the sametime so it use hell lot of memory, in this case I would think you need something like 512MB of Ram, coz that's like a server. hehe. anyway if he don't log off his account, shut down the pc and then log in to your account. so you get all your memory you need. hehe.

May 12th, 2002	#14 (permalink)
kupo00 Banned Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: California Posts: 24	well actually i do have 512MB of ram. about switching to the normal user account, does he have to me an all new account for me or is their some sort of setting that switches from limited to normal.?

May 12th, 2002	#15 (permalink)
EfrainMan Scourge of the Seven Seas Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 2,356	In the Control Panel, under User Accounts, there is the option of the liberties given to users, but that point is moot. Get your brother to LOG OFF instead of SWITCH USER! That will remedy! __________________ Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550, 4GB DDR2, ATi Radeon HD 4870 X2, Asus Xonar D2X, MSI P35-Neo2, Vista HP x64. Just an ol' Batard.

May 12th, 2002	#16 (permalink)
Darkhound Schwarzehund Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 120	i had this problem, i got an error when itried to install AOE, it said i had not enough space when i had 8Gb and it only needs 187Mb. Also i couldnt install Jedi Knight 2, but it worked under my bros avccount, but i had admin accesss on mine aswell so i dont know what was wrong.... __________________ Windows XP Professional Athlon T/Bird @ 800MHz GeForce2 MX 64Mb DDR 512Mb RAM @ 133MHz Nostromo Speedpad N50 MS Gamevoice Creative 12x DVD Seagate 20Gb 7200rpm Website

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