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Why is Permissions now required for install?
battlefox Lightcloud
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Join date: 18 Apr 2004
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08-16-2005 07:56
im trying to install second life on another computer but i can't because now this version of second life requires that i have a admin account to install it, if possible can anyone give me a link of a older install or something and i can just update from that? or will that not work, any help?
Fa nyak
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08-16-2005 15:28
try logging into windows using the admin acount?
battlefox Lightcloud
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08-17-2005 07:22
obviously i don't have access to the admin account because im asking how to get secondlife installed without access to the admin account like the prevous install versions.
Whata Fool
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Join date: 10 Jul 2004
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08-17-2005 07:29
I've never been able to install SL without admin rights. SL installs by default in C:\program files. It always has. To install there, it requires admin permissions. I think there is a way to install it to a different location
Camille Serpentine
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Join date: 6 Oct 2003
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08-17-2005 07:56
If you need admin rights... might want to check who the admin is?
Some workplaces will know if you tamper with things.
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Foulcault Mechanique
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08-19-2005 13:51
If you need admin rights (like at work) I'd suggest scrap the idea. First thing they will ask is why you need those rights. It is used to prevent installation of spyware and viruses and honestly most admins won't release control.
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battlefox Lightcloud
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08-22-2005 07:28
well the only thing thats irritateing me is that all the prevous versions didn't require any permissions to install second life, but now all of a sudden it requires admin? there has to be SOMETHING that i can do to bypass it
Kira Muse
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Join date: 27 Jan 2003
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08-24-2005 18:40
From: battlefox Lightcloud
well the only thing thats irritateing me is that all the prevous versions didn't require any permissions to install second life, but now all of a sudden it requires admin? there has to be SOMETHING that i can do to bypass it


Blame your system administrator for finally upgrading your Client to XP. :p
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battlefox Lightcloud
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08-29-2005 07:28
all our systems has been on Windows XP for a while now, its just irritateing that now finnaly second life out of nowhere requires you to be in a admin account to install it, when i can clearly remember most of the other versions of the second life installers not even doing the "requesting permissions" part that takes a few seconds during the install.
Zak Escher
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Join date: 3 Aug 2003
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08-29-2005 07:54
Were your computers just upgraded with XP Service Pack 2? SP2 tightens the security in XP and may cause some of the problem.
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Frans Charming
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08-29-2005 09:06
I also think it has to do with service pack 2.
I recently updated xp to sp2 and also changed to the ntfs file system. And after that i noticed the "requesting permissions" before install.
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Zak Escher
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08-29-2005 12:14
Switching to the NTFS file system may also trigger "requesting permissions" messages. One of the features of NTFS is that it is a more secure file system than FAT (which DOS and Windows 9x/Me used).
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Chosen Few
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Join date: 16 Jan 2004
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08-29-2005 12:38
Two step solution:

1. Buy your administrator a nice lunch.

2. Ask him/her to install SL for you.
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Enabran Templar
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08-29-2005 13:16
From: Chosen Few
Two step solution:

1. Buy your administrator a nice lunch.

2. Ask him/her to install SL for you.


This is a good idea.
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Lee Linden
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08-30-2005 11:22
As I understand things, there's no plan for anyone except Administrators (and other accounts that generally have the right to install software) to be able to *install* Second Life on Windows platforms.