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If you do Azure development, you actually need admin rights when running Visual Studio to run the simulators. According to the others, you need admin rights to run installers too.
I have always had local admin rights (though I have requested it a few times when on new installs, and my request was never questioned or rejected), so I'm not sure what else may require admin rights, but there are at least a couple examples for you. Tell them you are an exception to the rule (which is true).
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Everytime there is even the smallest issue/need with your system, send a help request to the IT dept and CC your boss. Don't bunch requests together. After a few of these, they should clue in.
For (a remote) example, my hosts file has several dozen entries in it. Each time I browse a site that has unwanted ads, that ad's site gets added to the hosts file.
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DoD computers are that way. If you need admin access, you have to go to sys admin classes and then pass at least one test before you get clearance to have anything more than normal user access. Even then, you can only use your admin account when absolutely necessary. Unless you're writing Windows services, or managing an IIS box (and you generally aren't allowed to do that on the USAF network unless you're an actual Sys Admin), there's no need for anything more than user access on your own machine (by their reasoning).
The only way you can deal with it is to not work in the office, and instead, do all of your dev work off-site. Even then, transferring into the network might be equally restricted.
In short, you're screwed.
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Government screwing people over? Nahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
CPallini wrote: You cannot argue with agile people so just take the extreme approach and shoot him.
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Yes but per the OP this appears to be something new which is only now being added.
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reading posts like this make me glad that I AM the head IT guy. only person who can restrict me is.. me.(short of getting canned of course.)
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You can try to fight it, or you can try to find a new job. I don't recommend staying put and trying to deal with the frustration. Life is to short to wallow in someone else's bullshit.
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msg55121 wrote: Have any one else run into this issue and how have you dealt with it?
Management.
Depends on what you do, but as a long term server developer I need complete access to the OS. No access then I can't do my job.
If appeals to reason don't work
1. Make repeated daily requests for IT updates.
2. Do it for weeks (every day).
3. Copy management.
4. Do no work until the request is fulfilled.
5. Make sure your request, every one, indicates that you are blocked until the request is fulfilled.
6. If possible bill the hours as "blocked waiting for IT".
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In my firm there are both cases. Luckily I don't really need admin permisions to do my job. So I just asked for it once and then...
I installed a VM to work with 
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If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
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Welcome to my world, we have to fight tooth and claw to get admin rights (local) and have to rejustify it on a regular basis. Some of our devs did not achieve it and work under a restricted environment. This works about 95% of the time, the other 5% is a complete PITA.
One of the arguments we have used is that we are developing services and need to deploy them regularly (multiple times a day) and it needs local admin. It was rejected last round and some lost their rights!
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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I think Joe summed it up for me. I'd just add that this is a sign that development isn't taken seriously by management. I very much prefer to work places where my work and input are valued.
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