Steam sharing and administration mode

[Aaronthelemon]

I can't run steam in administration mode and access shared games at the same time if I try to I get the error message "failed to send authorization request account not found"

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

[PsyBlade]

what do you mean with steam administration mode?

[Aaronthelemon]

Originally posted by PsyBlade:

what do you mean with steam administration mode?

Running steam as administrator.

[PsyBlade]

Afaik you need to do the authorisation on the windows account that you will use to play.

[Aaronthelemon]

Originally posted by PsyBlade:

Afaik you need to do the authorisation on the windows account that you will use to play.

I did...?

[PsyBlade]

So you
- got some authorisations as administrator
- they work for you normal user
- but not for the administrator

did I get that right?

[Aaronthelemon]

I am the admin on this computer.
It's just whenever I launch steam under administator mode i can't use any of the shared games.

[PsyBlade]

Did you get the authorisations for those shared games as admin or as your normal user?
If the later try getting new authorisations as administrator.
If the former then I have no idea other then simply using you normal account to run steam.

[Aaronthelemon]

Originally posted by PsyBlade:

Did you get the authorisations for those shared games as admin or as your normal user?
If the later try getting new authorisations as administrator.
If the former then I have no idea other then simply using you normal account to run steam.

I honestly have no idea what you're talking about.

[PsyBlade]

Modern operation systems support multiple users. The Idea is that each one can have their own individual settings and eachs documents are protected against accidental deletion or modification by the others. They can only change their own stuff and what the others grant them access to.

A special user is the administrator/root. This user can modify every aspect of the system. It is not meant to be used in day to day buisness because the restricted possibilities of the normal users act as a savety net. The Idea is that you switch to the administrator user if you have need of it powers*.

Genarally you can either select single programs and run them as a different user or log in as that other user and run all programs as it.

When you (use either way to) run a program as a different user the program might (depending on the program) use different settings for that user, additionally the system may look different to it because it now has access to additional parts.

I don't know which of the two effects is responsible but afaik steam authorisations recived by windows user A work for him and him alone. Other windows users (incl the Administrator user) can not use it.

Thats why I tried to find out which user you used to get the authorisations.


*On Windows this is big pile of poop becase many programers aparantly have a need to make their program needlesly require admin. Maybe it makes them feel special or something. On real Operating Systems it works because it's users didn't tolerate such kind of behaviour.

[Aaronthelemon]

Okey
1.I have 1 user and it is me the admin.
2.???
3.Confusion :s

[PsyBlade]

"My car dosn't work on Fridays"
"Thats strange, you did try it on other days of the week right?"
"No of course not, why would I do anything like that?"

Argh
Then why stress that it doesn't work as administrator?
Of course thats giving people the wrong idea .

So sharing simply dosn't work for you. Under that circumstance there is no much you can do.
Have your friends revoke and then reauthorise your PC (but not the account). Have then check that your account is still autorised too (but not change anything about it unless it is not).

[Aaronthelemon]

Originally posted by PsyBlade:

"My car dosn't work on Fridays"
"Thats strange, you did try it on other days of the week right?"
"No of course not, why would I do anything like that?"

Argh
Then why stress that it doesn't work as administrator?
Of course thats giving people the wrong idea .

So sharing simply dosn't work for you. Under that circumstance there is no much you can do.
Have your friends revoke and then reauthorise your PC (but not the account). Have then check that your account is still autorised too (but not change anything about it unless it is not).

Sharing works if i luanch steam not as admin.
It's only IF i luanch it as admin it does'nt work ( http://prntscr.com/4kusse )

[PsyBlade]

So you are running it as a different user. Make up your mind already.

Which one did you use to get the autorisations?

[Aaronthelemon]

No?? I can run steam as the same user with or with administartion mode

[PsyBlade]

I'm reasonably sure that the option you showed does nothing more than running the program as a different user (called "Administrator"). The fact that this user has higher access privileges is merely incedental.