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by dsltech

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The company I work for supports certain software and these programs can not be installed without NT adminstration privledges. The company will not tell me a password because of corprate polices but all I have to see this software is web pages and Iwould love to have this on my computer but i cant find NT admsetup.exe and if I did would I be able to set up this file with out adm. privleges?

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by bill cassada

I am not clear on what your role is with respect to the software you mention. Many programs can be installed by Power Users without using the administrative level account. One option you could suggest would be to put your account into the local admin account for the system you are on. This would allow you to install software at the admin level on THAT system ONLY.

by bill cassada

Oops..I state "local admin account" above....what I mean is local admin group.

...happens to the best of us........

by dlw6

Bill has a good answer, as usual, but it won't work unless you have access to a Local Administrator account.

It's not suprising that the company won't share passwords with you -- that gives you way more access than you need. What is surprisingis that the company won't send an Admin down long enough to install the software for you.

You might be able to change their mind by doing your homework. Calculate how much of your time would be saved by having this software, convert that to dollars based on your pay, and show it to your boss as justification of why you need the software. With that to back him up, he may have the IT dept send down an Admin to install it on everyone's machine.

Good fortune,
Don

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