Re: [GD-Windows] Parental control bug in Windows Vista RC1?

[Jim S. <Ji...@ar...>]

Hey I just noticed this and wanted to give a friendly warning.  When I
did all this stuff with the RC I had a *ton* of problems and became
pretty frustrated.  Once I upgrade to the gold build it fixed so many
issues and it would have saved me a lot of time if I just hadn't
bothered doing any of this stuff until the gold build had come out.  So
if you're still using RC1, I highly recommend switching over to the gold
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Cheers,
Jim

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From: gam...@li...
[mailto:gam...@li...] On Behalf Of
Michiel Kolders
Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2007 1:23 AM
To: 'Game Development for MS Windows'
Cc: 'Jurjen Katsman'
Subject: Re: [GD-Windows] Parental control bug in Windows Vista RC1?



Ok, I've figured it out now. My test user didn't have the my test "root
agency certificate" installed. Once I installed that, VerifyAccess
returned pfHasAcces =3D=3D true.

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Still wondering why the Game Explorer does show the rating, even without
the root agency certificate installed. Didn't expect that. Perhaps
because the games explorer entry was created for All users, and I was
installing it with my administrator user?

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Van: gam...@li...
[mailto:gam...@li...] Namens Jason
Sandlin
Verzonden: woensdag 3 januari 2007 14:37
Aan: Game Development for MS Windows
Onderwerp: Re: [GD-Windows] Parental control bug in Windows Vista RC1?

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So VerifyAccess is returning *pfHasAccess =3D=3D false?   It's possible =
your
signing your exe with an untrusted cert.   Do you see rating being
displayed properly for your game in the Game Explorer UI?  Have you
tried setting your parental controls to allow games that have no rating
to see if that works? =20

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Jason

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From: gam...@li...
[mailto:gam...@li...] On Behalf Of
Michiel Kolders
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 5:19 AM
To: gam...@li...
Subject: [GD-Windows] Parental control bug in Windows Vista RC1?

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Hi,

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I've ran into a strange problem with Parental Control in Windows Vista
(RC1): I've done all the necessary things to support the feature;
embedded manifest, signed the executable, added the game using
IGameExplorer in the installer and calling IGameExplorer::VerifyAccess
on startup of my game.

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This all seems to work well, except when I switch Parental Control ON
with the following settings.

-        Game Ratings: Up to 18+ (PEGI)

-        Block games with no rating

-        No additional game descriptors blocked

-        Always blocked: None

-        Always allowed: None

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My game has a rating of 12+ (PEGI), so my game should run fine. The Game
Explorer indicates that it's allowed to run, and starts the game. Then,
when IGameExplorer::VerifyAccess is called, it returns false, denying
access! Does anyone here have a clue why the Game Explorer says it's
fine, but VerifyAccess thinks it's not?

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Many thanks in advance!

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Michiel Kolders

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