Getting past the Administrator.

I am not sure what subject is right. On my desktop/on record, I have W11 and have no trouble updating or upgrading anything. Most everything takes less than an hour or so.
But my laptop: is a Dell, W10, Intel, basic. I use it 99% offline for model railroading purposes. But I do maintain Microsoft Edge and such. The LibreOffice for spreadsheets.
Whenever I need to update anything, the laptop always asks for administrator password. A nuisance.
However, today I went to defrag. It won't let me. It says I need Administrator privilege and that's that. I don't know how to get that AP to run defrag.
Can anyone help me with what to do? I did look in settings but didn't find anything that made sense to me.

Hello,

Are you signed in to a standard user account when prompted by UAC for an administrator's password to approve the "Run as administrator" (elevated) action request?


If so, then this is normal for a standard user. If you were signed in to an administrator type account, you'd normally only have to Y/N the UAC prompt.

What type of disk do you have for your Windows OS drive? (ie) is it HDD, SSD, NVMe etc?
Windows Defrag is now called Defragment and Optimize.
SSD's, NVMe etc drives do not need to be Defragmented. In fact it is harmful to the disk if you try to Defragment it. You can Optimize it with Windows without Administrator prompt or with the drive manufacturers Disk Tools. Windows automatically Defrags HDD's and Optimizes SSD's on a weekly schedule, you don't have to manually do it.

If trying to Defrag with a 3rd party utility, it is telling you not to because it would be harmful to your SSD.