Admin: 7, 8, 8.1

There are two types of administrator access to consider when running the KInstall.exe wizard.

  1. You must be logged on as administrator while running KInstall.exe. This applies to all operating systems.
  2. For some operating systems, you must start the install by right clicking KInstall.exe and selecting the Run as Administrator option to install KInstall.exe. This applies to the following supported operating systems only:
  • Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10
  • Windows Server 2008
  • Windows Server 2008 R2
  • Windows Server 2012
  • Windows Server 2012 R2

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Changing Your User Account Type to an Administrator Account

Windows 7, 8, 8.1

  1. Open Windows Explorer.
  2. In the Windows Explorer address bar, navigate to Control Panel\User Accounts and Family Safety\User Accounts\Change Your Account Type
  3. Click Change your account type
  4. Change the account type to Administrator.

NOTE  If the user account your are using lacks sufficient permissions to perform this step, you will need to logon as another user with administrator access to make the change to this user account.