program installation and admin privilages

Question

do all programs need admin privileges to install ?

is it a good practice(with respect to security and privacy ) installing all programs as admin ?

thanks in advance

Answer 1

Any program that makes changes to the C: drive outside your own user account requires Administrator permissions. Installing such programs with Administrator permissions is not a matter of good practice - it's a requirement.

A portable app is an example of a program that doesn't make changes to the C: drive and so doesn't require Administrator permissions, and no advantage is gained by installing them from an Administrators user account. For examples of portable apps, see PortableApps.com.

Answer 2

Hi ni9ja

I am Dave, an Independent Advisor, I will help you with this . . .

Yes, all applications require your user account to have Admin privileges to be installed in Windows 10, along with most other meaningful changes to your system

That is why it is always important to have at least one Admin account in Windows 10, many users change the only user account to a normal account and they lock themselves out of making any changes to Windows and therefore need to re-install Windows 10 . . .