title: Why can I import certain modules in Python only with administrator rights?
body: <p>I'm struggling with some strange issues in Python 2.7. I wrote a very long tool where I import different modules, which I had to install first using <em>pip</em>. The tool is to be shared within the company, where different users have different rights on their specific machines.
  The problem occurred when another user logged into my machine (I'm having administrator rights there) and tried to use the tool. He was unable to run it, because specific modules could not be imported because of his status as a "non-admin". </p>
  
  <p>The error message is simply "No module named XY".
  When we looked into the file system, we found that we were not able to look into the folder where the module had been installed, simply because the access was denied by the system. 
  We also got this error message when trying to run <em>pip</em> from the <em>cmd</em>; it prints "Access denied" and won't do anything.</p>
  
  <p>How is it possible, that some modules can be accessed by anyone, while others can't? And how can I get around this problem?</p>
  
  <p>Specifically, I'm talking about <em>sqlalchemy</em> and <em>pyodbc</em>.</p>
  
  <p>Thanks a lot in advance.</p>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT 1</strong>: Oh, and we're talking about Windows here, not Linux...</p>
  
  <p><strong>EDIT 2</strong>: Due to company policy it is not possible to set administrator permissions to all users. I tried, as suggested, but it didn't work and I learned that it's not possible within the company.</p>