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Explain installations and Administrator rights
Can someone explain to me how to do the following hypothetical installations:
I have an XP computer my family. This computer has one Administrator (me) and three other users. I have bought a new game with an installation package.
Scenario #1:
* I want to install this game one time to my computer such that all users in my family have the icon on their desktop and can play this game when they log into their account.
Scenario #2:
* I want to install this game one time to my computer but have only the Administrator see the game and play the game only during his login.
Scenario #3:
* I want a normal user to be able to install this game logged into his account but allow all users, including the Administrator to be able to use and play the game. (Is this possible?)
Thanks in advance.
I have an XP computer my family. This computer has one Administrator (me) and three other users. I have bought a new game with an installation package.
Scenario #1:
* I want to install this game one time to my computer such that all users in my family have the icon on their desktop and can play this game when they log into their account.
Scenario #2:
* I want to install this game one time to my computer but have only the Administrator see the game and play the game only during his login.
Scenario #3:
* I want a normal user to be able to install this game logged into his account but allow all users, including the Administrator to be able to use and play the game. (Is this possible?)
Thanks in advance.
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If you have fast user switching enabled and you switch to another user, the applications you have running should still be running. I really don't think they would be viewable by the other users, but they are still running. This is why when you are on the login screen and you hover the mouse over a particular user it will tell you how many programs are running. The program is still running, even if the only person who can get back into the program is the user who started it. I'm not really sure how you would make an application "super global."
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Thanks for the reply.
Not to digress but here's another slant to this same question:
Is there any method of making an application "super global"? That is, write a Visual Basic application that when the administrator starts it, and a another user changes to their login ID, that application is still running but under their user ID.
The idea is that I have a database of scheduled events for my family. I have a Visual Basic application that alerts the users when an alarm goes off.
With the new multiple users environment, I can't figure out how to get a single application to run and still be "seen" by any and all the users.
Example:
* Log in as "Administrator".
* Open a 'Notepad' session. Let this 'Notepad' session represent the home-built schedule alarm written Visual Basic.
* Select 'Start' / 'Log off' / 'Switch User' /
* Login as "Guest" (or some other user)
* The 'Notepad' session should still be up and running (if set to run as our hypothetical "super global application").
Is this clear as mud?