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How to deploy / install software in a windows domain without the admin user

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I want to use group policy to deploy software updates (like acrobat etc.) to the client pc systems in my domain.  However XP won't let standard users do the instal and so it appears that either :
1) all domain users have to be members of the local administators group on the client pc's in order to actually install the software
2) someone from the it department with admin privileges has to walk around and log onto each client pc in order to do the install


Am I missing something here?
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mkline71 - I have net setup the gpo yet, since it is not clear to me how the software gets installed on the client PC without someone in the local admin group doing the install.  Does assigining the policy to the computer or user (or publishing to the users) help with this problem ?

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Thanks!