http://blogs.msdn.com/ejarvi/archive/2004/07/26/197326.aspxRunning as non-admin is getting easier... Two tools that you might find handy: Privbar - Are you running IE from an Administrator account? This tool will show you: http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2004/07/24/195350.aspx MakeMeAdmin - quicklyen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.msdn.com/ejarvi/archive/2004/07/26/197326.aspx#197474Mon, 26 Jul 2004 23:13:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:197474SamRun virtualpc from non-admin account and try install Visual Studio on a virtual os (being admin on the virtual os of course) - I didn't succeed. <br> <br>And even after installing VS I could not switch from admin to nonadmin for running virtualpc, it just would crash. <br> <br>Dang.http://blogs.msdn.com/ejarvi/archive/2004/07/26/197326.aspx#197491Mon, 26 Jul 2004 23:16:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:197491Eric Jarviinteresting scenario - thanks for the heads up i'll check this out...http://blogs.msdn.com/ejarvi/archive/2004/07/26/197326.aspx#200777Thu, 29 Jul 2004 19:14:00 GMT91d46819-8472-40ad-a661-2c78acb4018c:200777Eric JarviI found out through someone else that they had a similar problem just trying to access the DVD drive with VirtualPC running as non-admin. It would be interesting to know if the crash/failure would repro on any type of access to the DVD drive or if it is specific to installing/using Visual Studio... <br>