So, I've noticed this more as I've gotten deeper into piracy, but why do all the various programs installed through a fitgirl repack require administrator, even if they're installed for the user?
I may be dumb but it just always makes me a bit worried.

Edit: I do not mean the installation process, I'm talking about running the process once installed.

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[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 6 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Installing apps in Windows is a privileged process. This keeps the average user from corrupting a system.

The only users that can install apps are ones with Install Apps permission (I forget what it's actually called). Anyone in the Admin group has this. The group Users does not.

In a business/domain environment, very few people get local admin rights. For a home user best practice would be to run as a User or at most Power User, and only do admin level stuff when logged in as an Admin.

No one does this, of course. (I certainly don't, even though I know better. It's just easier to not do risky things and maintain backups).