Install VirtualBox without Admin rights?

[SoCalRox]

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

[+Xinok Subscriber²]

Actually, VirtualBox requires admin privileges because it loads a driver. I don't think there's any way around it.

All I can suggest is QEMU. It's portable and can run with standard privileges.

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[Conjor]

Just tell the IT people that you need it for work. Get them to install it as you take a 2 hr lunch break :)

[farmeunit]

I've read of a way to run VMWare off a USB drive, but not sure about Vbox.

Here is a link I found though: http://helpdeskgeek.com/how-to/run-virtualbox-from-a-usb-drive/

Not sure if it requires admin rights though as I've never tried it. Good luck.

[Raa]

4.5 years for 23 posts? You lurker you! :p

You could try something like thinstall. Allows packaged apps to run without admin changes.

[+Xinok Subscriber²]

I've read of a way to run VMWare off a USB drive, but not sure about Vbox.

Here is a link I found though: http://helpdeskgeek.com/how-to/run-virtualbox-from-a-usb-drive/

Not sure if it requires admin rights though as I've never tried it. Good luck.

It still requires admin privileges.

4.5 years for 23 posts? You lurker you! :p

You could try something like thinstall. Allows packaged apps to run without admin changes.

Thinstall / Thinapp doesn't work with any program that uses drivers.