Install Virtualbox Without Admin Privileges Account
Install Without Admin Rights
It would be theoretically possible to do it all in user-land (needing no direct kernel access), but for an arbitrary OS to work pretty much absolutely everything including the CPU would have to be emulated so it would be very very slow compared to bare metal. Think DOSBox and similar.With changes to the guest OS it gets better: more can be done relatively native. Have a look at 'user mode linux' for a good example of that There were attempts to make this work under Windows but I think those projects died pretty quickly as people just used kernel mode vitualisers instead for efficiency so there wasn't massive interest (cooperative Linux is somewhere between: it works in a similar manner to UML but requires admin access). Portable software as a general rule is written in poor languages. That would actually be very easy to create. Most Linux installers are happy to install to a USB stuck and most PCs with happily boot from one.
I have a working Debian setup install on a large stick, created form the standard install procedure, that I use for diagnostics - adding vbox (or KVM or Xen or.) to that would be the same as adding it to any other Linux setup and you could then add a set of VMs that can be selected to start automatically on boot (rigging the boot process as needed to give you the choice at the appropriate point). For much better performance at a price, get a good mSATA SSD and USB3 enclosure instead of using a bog-standard USB stick.
Aug 30, 2011. Google Chrome installs without admin privileges, but it's only available for the user. It's a dirty solution IMO. There are other applications that can be installed without admin privileges. But VB requires kernel hooks and those can't be installed without administrator privileges. Read the Forum Posting Guide. Sep 29, 2016 - 3 min - Uploaded by LeaderGamingI am testing this with WinRar to show you it works. (Recorded with screencast-o-matic.com.
At work, I am allowed to install software on my own as long as it doesn't touch the registry or require Administrator rights. I can install things like Total Commander, Eclipse, or Opera USB, for example.However, VirtualBox won't install because it needs Administrator rights. I am NOT looking for a way to get around the Administrator role (meaning a cheat to grab Administrator rights by a back door or such.) I am simply asking if there is a workaround for installing it without having to be Administrator. I suspect not, but I thought I'd ask.
I've considered installing it on a different machine and then transferring the files, but I have no idea what it does in the registry and if that would even work.Thanks and a hat tip.Beach.