I aggree with you. on win98 its not been necessary to have a user account unless you logged into a network requiring a password to connect. in win xp you can run on one user in vista and up I think you need a password for the user, all systems hare have only one user. At 04:39 p.m. 14/10/2009, you wrote: >Ironically Tom, all my audio games seem to have survived the process >unscathed. It's my text adventure and none audio games which haven't faired so >well, ---- though sinse many (though by no means all), of those originally >came as Zip folders which I personally then created program groups for it's >understandable, ----- though even the ones which installed Exe files have had >this problem for some odd reason. > >It just shows that obviously all the Audiogame dev's had their heads screwed >on regarding user accounts. > >About multi-user environments in general, i personally would give a lot to >have precisely the opposite option. > >I've always used my own computers myself, and been the only person doing so. >In fact other than buisnesses or institutional networks I'd always advocate >one person use their own computer if at all possible sinse that way they get >most familiar with things (my mum, who is a novice computer user, and my >brother who is very advance had extreme problems in this manner when they >attempted to share a desktop using multiple accounts). > >My mum as a consequence has no idea of basic file structure or where things >are stored, ---- or even how to open documents without directly using ms word. > >Some of my weerder dosbox style programs i think I'm going to have to >reinstall rather than playing hunt the run file, ---- though this is certainly >less of a pest than it might have been. > >I'm most impressed with Hal, which seems to be able to run independently of >all user account shinanigans, ---- despite the orphius issue. > >I even managed to run it in default windows profile. > >Beware the grue! > >dark. >----- Original Message ----- From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com> >To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> >Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 7:05 PM >Subject: Re: [Audyssey] Crisis averted > > >>Hi Dark, >>Glad to see you have the problem under control. As for the missing icons >>there really isn't anything strange about that really. Some programs install >>icons to your local user account's start menu folder rather than globally to >>the default start menu folder. The end result is if you create a new account >>the icons come up missing. The easiest way to fix that little problem is to >>copy those icons from the local start menu folder to the default "all users" >>start menu folder. Once you do that it doesn't matter if you have 1 or 100 >>user accounts they all have access to the icons. >>As it happens you aren't the only one that has user account woes in this >>area. Unlike Linux developers that always assumes a multiuser environment far >>too many Windows developers program software for a single user environment. >>For those of us who run Windows in a multiuser environment it gets to be a >>pain, because there really isn't any excuse to program software for a single >>user environment. With the release of Vista and Windows 7 Microsoft beginning >>to kick developers in the butt, and letting them get use to the idea of >>programming for a multiuser environment. The only problem is it is hard to >>break developers of bad habbits formed ages ago. >> >>Smile. >> >> >>--- >>Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >>If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >>You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >>http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >>All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >>http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. >>If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >>please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > > >--- >Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. >If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, >please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
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