Auto Updating Flash Player

Hi folks,
On my network, I distribute Flash Player via GPO. That's worked fine. But, when an update is release and a site use this release, I must redownload the new version to redistribute because users doesn't have administrator privilege on their computer.
Is a method exist to update without administrator privileges ?
Richard Lapointe

I will try to clarify with my poor english.
On my network, Users are considered only as computer users. That means they cannot install anything without the IT support.
On Adobe web site, I apply to distribute Adobe Flash Player on computer in my organization. This stage give a link to download a MSI or EXE version of FP I can deploy with GPO. After FP is deployed on the computers, auto-updated function will notify users when a new version is ready to download.
But because they are only computer users, they cannot install the new version. To update FP, I must reapply to distribute, redownload and configure it to redistribute with GPO.
I just want to know if a method exist to update FP without giving computer administrator to users or I must redo de process each time a newest version is release ?

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