Runas causes application to freeze

[simonc]

This problem occurs on a laptop, running Windows XP Pro, SP2 with latest
updates:

when a limited user tries to run a programme as Administrator, using RunAs
from a desktop shortcut, the programme window opens, but the contents of the
window are white, and no operations are possible except closing the window.

In another post on this subject it was suggested it was a Group Policy issue
- but when I posted this question in the Group Policy group this cause was
not thought probable. The issue was resolved for another user by stopping a
process called topsis.exe but this is not running on my system.

I have checked that the secondary logon service is definitely running. I
also use a desktop with Windows XP SP2 and on this machine Runas works with
no problem. As yet I haven't been able to find any differences in the setup
between the two machines.

Very grateful for any suggestions.

[NackaMannen73]

Finally someone with a similar problem as I have =). Do you run a game or
does the program use DirectX? When I try to do Runas with games that uses
DirectX (all games!) they always crash! I suspect that this problem can do
with the PnP vulnerability fix that came recently, but I am not sure. What
kind of applications are you running whit Runas?