I don't believe there is an exhaustive list of reasons why Adobe Captivate might crash because you don't have administrator rights, but here are a few reasons.
First, persons who work within organizations are given limited access to their hard drives for security purposes. Captivate wants to write to locations that, at first glance, are on your hard drive but are located on your organization's shared drives. It makes sense because if your laptop is damaged or stolen, your files remain on the company server. Because this network storage solution isn't as fast or persistent as a hard drive, this can cause Captivate problems, especially since files remain open while in use.
Another area that can be problematic is that Captivate wants to access system resources when recording software simulation or recording a video demo. When I worked in a corporate environment, I had endless troubles getting my screen demos recorded. I would get halfway and zap. Captivate would just shutdown.
Eventually, I convinced the powers that be that while corporate security was of paramount importance, so was the productivity of their eLearning designers. The IT department gave me administrator rights over my computer, and things just started working smoothly. I also set my storage location to a location that was physically on my hard drive and not the shared drive. I did this for my cache, publishing location, and working folder for Video Demo (you can find these settings in the preferences window). It will be an uphill battle convincing them to grant this access, but once you have it, it will be much more pleasant to use Adobe Captivate.
Paul Wilson, CTDP
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