topic Re: Local install on laptop, can an administrator do install without me being logged on in Administration and Deployment https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Local-install-on-laptop-can-an-administrator-do-install-without/m-p/677603#M19701 It will vary based on your company's policies, but typically the teams that perform software installations on workstations always have admin privileges so they can install any software you have requested (because they usually don't let just anyone have admin privileges to install software).<BR /><BR />TL;DR - Shouldn't be a problem.<BR /> Tue, 18 Aug 2020 19:26:05 GMT Timmy2383 2020-08-18T19:26:05Z Local install on laptop, can an administrator do install without me being logged on https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Local-install-on-laptop-can-an-administrator-do-install-without/m-p/677601#M19700 <P>Can an administrator install SAS locally on a laptop without me being logged on? I tried to do the install, but it said I had to be an administrator. I know that there can be some reboots needed, but wouldn't the administrator logging in satisfy that?</P> Tue, 18 Aug 2020 19:22:11 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Local-install-on-laptop-can-an-administrator-do-install-without/m-p/677601#M19700 Harmoning 2020-08-18T19:22:11Z Re: Local install on laptop, can an administrator do install without me being logged on https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Local-install-on-laptop-can-an-administrator-do-install-without/m-p/677603#M19701 It will vary based on your company's policies, but typically the teams that perform software installations on workstations always have admin privileges so they can install any software you have requested (because they usually don't let just anyone have admin privileges to install software).<BR /><BR />TL;DR - Shouldn't be a problem.<BR /> Tue, 18 Aug 2020 19:26:05 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Local-install-on-laptop-can-an-administrator-do-install-without/m-p/677603#M19701 Timmy2383 2020-08-18T19:26:05Z Re: Local install on laptop, can an administrator do install without me being logged on https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Local-install-on-laptop-can-an-administrator-do-install-without/m-p/678298#M19723 Yes, he can using his admin credentials! Fri, 21 Aug 2020 01:50:36 GMT https://communities.sas.com/t5/Administration-and-Deployment/Local-install-on-laptop-can-an-administrator-do-install-without/m-p/678298#M19723 AnandVyas 2020-08-21T01:50:36Z