Updating graphics drivers with no administrative privledges

[wildcat951]

Heres the thing, the only source of entertainment I have is my Dell Latitude D160 laptop that I received from my job, I just bought half life 2 and installed it, it was running pretty choppy so I looked at my drivers for the Mobile Intel(R) 915GM Express Chipset that is on this computer and they date back to 2004.
I downloaded the driver update but after it unpacks the files it says the same message that I get when I try to update the drivers automatically." You must have administrative privileges to execute this file" and aborts the installation.
What I did is when it got to the " You must have administrative privileges to execute this file" window, I copied all the files associated with the update and moved them from the temp direcotry to a permanent one. I then went to control panel and looked at all the files that are associated with the current driver that I am using now and copied those, so I have a backup of the original driver files just in case.
I havent done this yet , but I was just going to manually replace each file that is associated with the old 2004 driver with the files that were unpacked from the new driver update,
Is this dangerous?

 

[L3TUC3]

Potentially. If the installer needs to make a change in the registry it might cause some problems.

But in the end I don't think it will matter much because if the new ones won't work, the PC will load default windows ones. You'll have to replace the old files again though.

Why not just go and mingle with one of the IT guys at work? Work laptops have restricted access for a reason. It's probably better to invest in something where you can play with without getting in trouble. Decent game PC's aren't that pricey anymore.