By Sophia | Last Updated
Are you frequently asked to confirm run as administrator while you want to install, uninstall or update programs?
If you are, have you ever encountered such situations that you found you have forgotten administrator password or even have no admin account on Windows computer?
If it also happened, then you should learn how to install exe programs without admin rights in Windows computer.
Please try to reset, remove Windows administrator password, and while you could login to Windows computer with administrator, install any programs on Windows 10/8/7 computer as you want.
In purpose of successful Windows password reset, Windows password reset disk is worth recommending. Besides the specific reset disk you create with Windows built-in feature, the other disk created with Windows Password Genius is also effective, even more powerful. So if you find no reset disk created previously for your administrator, why not try the recovery disk you can create now on another computer?
Step 1: Prepare Windows password reset disk.
See details about how to create a password reset disk for locked account or computer with Windows Password Genius on another accessible computer.
Step 2: Reset or remove Windows administrator password.
Usually the password reset disk is created with bootable USB or CD. Now insert the disk into your computer where you need admin rights to install software.
1. Start or restart computer, and set computer boot from USB or CD.
2. A Windows password reset tool will run on your computer, and list the system and user account information.
3. Select the administrator you forgot password, and tap on Reset Password button.
4. Click on Yes to confirm and successfully reset or remove Windows administrator password.
5. Lastly but not the least, click Reboot button and Yes, and instantly eject disk from computer. Wait for computer booting from hard disk.
Step 3: Choose the administrator on login screen to sign in and install software as usual.
It seems impossible that you would have no admin account for software installation etc in Windows computer, but usually it happens while you have not created administrator account and built-in administrator is disabled. So how can you do if you still desire to install software on this computer? Follow steps below to change standard user to administrator in safe mode.
Step 1: Start Windows computer in safe mode.
Usually reboot your computer by going StartShut down Restart. And Press F8 at the first screen after the computer begins rebooting. Then select Safe Mode from Boot Options menu that happens. Press Enter. Choose the built-in Administrator and sign in without password by default. If it is also protected with password you don't know, please refer to Case 1 or directly add a new admin account with Windows Password Genius.
Step 2: Change the standard user to administrator in Control Panel.
1. Open Control Panel in computer and navigate to Manage another account
2. Choose the standard user and click Change the account type.
3. Choose Administrator and click Change Account Type to apply these changes.
4. Exit Control Panel and reboot your computer.
Step 3: Sign in with new administrator account and install programs as normal.
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