Re: I need to set-up a user who can only play a game on the computer.

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From: tharp jeffrey m
Date: Wed, 01 Jul 1998 00:00

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Peter (pmcgratt@globalnet.co.uk) wrote:
:>I am using Windows NT Workstation 4.00.  My brother wants to play Dungeon
:>keeper on my computer and i want to let him, but that's all i want him to
:>do.
:>I don't want to give him access to the command prompt, registry editing, the
:>find command and windows nt explorer.
:>Could anyone talk me through how this could be done.  I tried to do this
:>using poledit but i can't seem to find it on my workstation cd-rom?
:>

Geez...watch the cross posts.  Anyway, NT lets you specify any program to
be a default shell via the registry.  So just specify Dungeon Keeper as
your brother's default shell. ;-)

Jeff Tharp
Web Development/Computer Support
UIUC/Department of Crop Sciences

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  curious, then you are in your coffin."   tharp@uiuc.edu
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From: tharp@ews.uiuc.edu (tharp jeffrey m)
Subject: Re: I need to set-up a user who can only play a game on the computer.
Date: 1998/07/01
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