Checking You Are Logged on to Windows with Administrator Rights
Under Windows you require local administrator rights for all installation types. In addition, for Server Only installations you may optionally require domain administrator rights the first time you perform a Server Only installation on that domain.
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If you do not have Local Administrator rights and you attempt to install Modeler, the installation will fail.
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Local Administrator Rights
If you do not have local administrator rights, you can either log on to Windows as a user that does have local administrator rights, or add your user account to the local administrators group. Note that only a user with administration rights can add you to the administrators group.
To verify that you have local administrator rights to your computer (under Windows 10):
1. From Control Panel Category view, click the User Accounts link.
2. Locate your user name and confirm that you are an Administrator.
To verify that you have local administrator rights to your computer (under Windows 8.1):
1. From Control Panel Category view, click the User Accounts and Family Safety link.
2. Click the User Accounts link.
3. Locate your user name and confirm that you are an Administrator.
To verify that you have local administrator rights to your computer (under Windows 7):
1. From Control Panel Category view, click the User Accounts link.
2. Click the Change Account Type.
3. Locate your user name, and confirm it has Administrators listed in the Group column.
To verify that you have local administrator rights to your computer (under Windows Server 2012):
1. From Control Panel Category view, click the User Accounts link.
2. Click the Change Account Type.
3. Locate your user name and confirm it has Administrator listed.
To verify that you have local administrator rights to your computer (under Windows Server 2008):
1. From Control Panel Home view, click the User Accounts link.
2. Click the User Accounts link.
3. Click the Change Account Type link.
4. Confirm that the Administrator option is selected.
Domain Administrator Rights
When you log on to Windows, you can specify which domain you want to log on to. You can verify whether you have domain administrator rights from the domain's computer.