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Do you have to have administrative rights in order to install NI-DAQmx and use NI data acquisition hardware?

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Do you have to have administrative rights in order to install NI-DAQmx and use NI data acquisition hardware?

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With NI-DAQmx version 8.6 and newer, the NI-DAQmx driver is signed in accordance with Microsoft policies for driver signing. In addition to assuring system security, this feature allows for select NI USB DAQ devices to be installed on a Windows XP machine without requiring Administrator privileges or manually accepting a Windows prompt to install a device driver. In many situations including academic labs and using a machine as a guest, it is not possible to get Administrator privileges. A signed NI-DAQmx driver now alleviates the situation as long as the driver was originally installed by an Administrator.