Re: Quake 4 As Admin Only?

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From: Raymond Martineau
Date: Thu, 27 Oct 2005 00:40

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On 26 Oct 2005 13:51:21 -0700, "Justin" <Acurajustin1978@hotmail.com>
wrote:

>
>ScratchMonkey wrote:
>> Acurajustin1978@hotmail.com wrote in news:1130015873.316110.57420
>> @z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com:
>>
>> > Is there a way to get Quake 4 to run under the Power User group in
>> > Windows XP?
>> > I tried giving full control to the id software folder for that group
>> > but I still get that access denied error.
>>
>> Do you need to install it to Program Files? I installed mine to Games. Have
>> yet to try running it with less than Admin but I guess I should to prepare
>> for Vista's rules.
>
>I tried.
>
>Punkbuster gives me an OS privelages error.

That's the problem right there - Punkbuster requires administrator
privilages, and there's nothing that can be done about it aside from
sticking to singleplayer.

Exact details can be found on the support pages for PB.

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