Sure you need to be admin to install an application but once it is installed, you can run it using a user account.
>eric is absolutely right but there are more "little things" to check... like are you the administrator of the local machine before installing it, do you have administrative rights in the server?...
Éric Moreau, MCPD, Visual Developer - Visual Basic MVP
Conseiller Principal / Senior Consultant
Moer inc.
http://www.emoreau.com