Anyone know how to circumvent the admin when installing a game on PC

So, my husband left me one of his laptops while he is out of town so that my son could use mine for school and I'd still have a laptop to use. Unfortunately, there is a pin on it for the admin which my husband says I don't need. But I can't use the laptop for anything that involves gaming because I can't install any games. This means I can't play with my son now that school is out, or get the auto-update to quit interrupting everything I'm doing with messages that I need to finish installing the downloaded updates.

Is there something else I can do to install the games? What am I doing wrong? Do I really not need the pin to fix these issues?

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SW-User

If you have the ID and password for the admin account you can install while logged into your account by using left-shift + right click on the installer file and select Run As A Different User. It will prompt you for an ID and password. Put in the ID and password for the admin account.

CleverFunnyNameGoesHere · F

@SW-User unfortunately I don't have the password for the admin. My husband said I didn't need it and so I thought I was doing the install incorrectly.

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CleverFunnyNameGoesHere · F

@SW-User I don't have access to the admin account at all for either my husband's laptop or his PC. But I have my own windows login. He said I don't need the admin password or pin to install things so I thought I was doing something wrong. Sounds like I'm going to have to ask him for the pin. Sigh.