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Asked: 2026-05-16T12:15:58+00:00

I’m trying to figure out if installing the Silverlight 4 client requires local administrators

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I’m trying to figure out if installing the Silverlight 4 client requires local administrators rights. Some pages seem to indicate that it does, but others that it doesn’t. I’ve had already seen this question:

Are local admin rights required to install Silverlight?

However, I’m asking against for two reasons. One, this is Silverlight 4 so I’m wondering if the situation has changed. Two, I’m hoping to get a link to some official documentation that states this, as opposed to just getting a “Yes it does.” answer.

I’ve done some testing, and from what I can tell my users are able to install it without local admin rights but I’m in a corporate environment with a complex security profile so I’m not sure what the actual settings are.

This is with Internet Explorer 6 if it matters.

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  1. Editorial Team

    Yes, it does.

    The following link contains resources for Silverlight in general:

    http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/resources/

    The “Silverlight Enterprise Deployment Guide” is the document you are looking for:

    http://download.microsoft.com/download/C/D/5/CD5AAAE3-21F7-47A8-B7D5-39E36BAF9AC8/Silverlight_Deployment_Guide.docx

    This document is updated for SL4.

    Page 22 of this document states that a user must be members of the Administrators group if they are installing it by themselves.

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