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STEP 1

Reboot your computer by going to “Start > Shutdown > Restart."

STEP 2

Press “F8” three times at the first screen after the computer begins rebooting.
Then select “Safe Mode” from the “Boot Options” menu that appears. Press
“Enter."

STEP 3

Select the “administrator” account on the logon screen rather than your own.
Microsoft includes this account but hides it in normal Windows mode. You can
log into it without a password.

STEP 4

Go to “Start > Settings > Control Panel.” Double-click “User Accounts” and select
“Manage User Accounts”. Select your username.

STEP 5

Click “Change Account Type” and then click the circle located next to
“Computer Administrator.” Click “Apply” and then exit the “User Accounts”
control panel.

STEP 6

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Click “Start > Shutdown > Restart”. Upon rebooting, you will be able to install
programs on your computer using your normal account.
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First reboot the system and press F8 three times, then it will give a selection and
select Safe Mode.

Once you are in the Safe Mode, then select administrator account (which will be
hidden normally) and you can login without any password as you are in the Safe
Mode.

Once you logged in as Administrator, then go to Control Panel and select User
Accounts and select your account and change the type to Administrator and
reboot your system again.

Now you can login with your Account and you are now have elevated privileges
and you can install any application.

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Answered Aug 26, 2016

You can do one of the following:

1. Find a portable version of the app

2. Install the app in the partition other than C drive.

3. Disable User Account Control (UAC) (not recommended)

Extra info:

Administrative privilege is required: 1. if the app is being installed in the system

folder (i.e. Program Files on C:/), 2. if the app is changing or adding any system

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file, and 3. if the app needs to add entries in the Registry.

Add more details about the particular application if you need more specific
response.
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Answered Aug 28, 2016

No matter on which drive you are installing the application, the need for admin
privileges totally depends on the application and what it needs to do or what it is
modifying on your Windows system. For instance, you can install Google
Chrome without any admin rights (just say no on the UAC prompt). However,
you cannot install other applications like VMware or VirtualBox without admin
rights.

Even if you are using a portable app, if the app needs to do something that is out
of reach for a standard user account, then it needs to get admin privileges.

Simply put, you can’t just bypass the requir...(more)

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Ritesh Sahu, works at Wells Fargo

Answered Mar 12, 2018

If you dont have admin right, you cant install software.

Its depends on type of software and if you are working in any Organization ,
depends on there configuration. If any software taking high computer resource
the time you need proper admin right, cant by pass.

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