Hey all,
I am free to use my work notebook for private use, however, I have no admin rights. So I can't run Stockfish in Arena 3.5.1 like I usually would.
What is a good way to run Stockfish using the RAM of my notebook without having admin rights (so also without being able to install a program)?
Thank you in advance.
It is possible to run SF in a command line, I don't think that requires admin rights. However that requires manual setup of engine parameters and search depth, and doesn't show a chessboard, which might be an issue.
Thanks for your reply. I know about this option, but this would not be satisfactory I'm afraid.
On computers that you don't have admin on, it is always possible to install something simply by finding a portable version of an app and then transferring it by USB onto the computer. (This is done by downloading the portable app from a computer you do have admin on, and then simply loading it onto a usb and copy/pasting it onto the other computer.)
Unless I am mistaken Arena is a portable app, right? In this case download the ZIP file, unzip it and make sure stockfish is on there, then just copy/paste the entire Arena folder over onto your desktop. You should be able to run it off of your desktop with no rights, because as far as I know copy/paste is fine to use
Transferring it in via USB? Your IT department might not like that.
Thanks
@manillapotato that's a good point, that solves the problem for me :)
@fpvbmct my IT department will not bother about this so that's fine