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  35. <h2>Using VeraCrypt Without Administrator Privileges</h2>
  36. <p>In Windows, a user who does not have administrator privileges <em>can</em> use VeraCrypt, but only after a system administrator installs VeraCrypt on the system. The reason for that is that VeraCrypt needs a device driver to provide transparent on-the-fly
  37. encryption/decryption, and users without administrator privileges cannot install/start device drivers in Windows.<br>
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  39. After a system administrator installs VeraCrypt on the system, users without administrator privileges will be able to run VeraCrypt, mount/dismount any type of VeraCrypt volume, load/save data from/to it, and create file-hosted VeraCrypt volumes on the system.
  40. However, users without administrator privileges cannot encrypt/format partitions, cannot create NTFS volumes, cannot install/uninstall VeraCrypt, cannot change passwords/keyfiles for VeraCrypt partitions/devices, cannot backup/restore headers of VeraCrypt
  41. partitions/devices, and they cannot run VeraCrypt in &lsquo;portable&rsquo; mode.</p>
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  47. Warning: No matter what kind of software you use, as regards personal privacy in most cases, it is
  48. <em>not</em> safe to work with sensitive data under systems where you do not have administrator privileges, as the administrator can easily capture and copy your sensitive data, including passwords and keys.</td>
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