Hello there, Mark234. I hope you're good today.
QuickBooks cannot perform the update without your admin permission. That is why you'll need to check your role and verify if you have the right access for QuickBooks updates.
Still, I'd recommend following the recommendation by my colleagues above. If you do not have this access right, you can reach out to your administrator to perform the update since QuickBooks will not do the update without this access.
You can check these articles for additional information:
Please visit again if you have other questions with QuickBooks Desktop. Take care always.
