User Account or Administrator.... Is there a difference?

[TVPRICH]

Hi. Soooo, I've been using Premiere Pro CC 2017 in a 'user' account on my Windows 10 Pro PC. Should I be using Premiere in Administrator mode? Is there a difference? Are there any advantages in Administrator like performance etc...?  If so, please explain in detail, and I thank you in advance for any replies.

[Jim_Simon]

Does your user account have Admin privileges?  (Most do, when there's only one.)

[TVPRICH]

That's my problem, is that I'm not sure. This is my home built computer, and so far I've been running in 'Rich Tamayo' account and just discovered the other 'Administrator' account. I'm confused...

[Jim_Simon]

This is more of a Windows question, I think.

On a side note, I do recommend step 1B here.

Unofficial Premiere Pro Troubleshooting Guide

[Stefan Gruenwedel]

Rich: Read these and see if they help you out.

https://www.windowscentral.com/how-change-user-account-type-windows-10

https://www.gcflearnfree.org/windowsbasics/understanding-user-accounts/1/

Standard vs. Administrator accounts in Windows 10, and relationship to - Microsoft Community

[Stefan Gruenwedel]

Rich: Here's another one: [SOLVED] Can you use Creative Cloud with standard users? - Spiceworks

I think you do want to have admin privileges when installing Adobe apps. To find out for sure, ask (or research this) in the Creative Cloud forum: Adobe Creative Cloud

I read in one post there that "CC needs admin rights to download, install & activate; once activated, then admin rights are not required."