Alan Holbrook <
no.thanks@lets.not> wrote:
I recently tried to install a game from CD-ROM on my Windows 10 box.
I got an error message that said the system admonistrator blocked the install. Now, this is purely my own home system, and I don't recall
ever setting up a system administrator. So how do I tell this
non-existent sys admin that it's OK to let me install this software
on my own system?
Copy the files/folders from the CD to a temp folder on an internal
drive. Run the setup.exe from there. Possibly the game installer needs
to write files. It should do so on your internal drives, like for temp
files or for where you tell the installer to place the game files, but a
badly coded installer might try to write to the CD, but that is read-
only storage media. If you bought a commercial copy of the game on the
CD, it should be writing to your writable drives. If someone merely
copied the game installer to a CD to distribute (likely a pirated copy
if shared) then the installer might try to write to where it is located
which is the CD. You can burn CD-R and CD-RW using special software,
but you cannot normally write files to it. CDs are read-only.
Unless you log into a Windows account with administrator privileges, you
don't get to install software. Contact whomever owns the computer, and
ask them to elevate your account (add it to the Administrators security
group). If you are logging in under a restricted account, you should
also have an admin account (that you create separate of the default Administrator account which you should never use except in case of
emergency, like when repairing a setup).
As Ed mentioned, see if running the setup.exe program with administrator privileges (escalated) will get the installer to run. But that's only
needed if you are logging into a Windows account with restricted
privileges. Even as administrator, you will still get the UAC (User
Access Control) prompt asking to allow the program to run unless you
already disabled UAC.
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