Ask HN: Do you get to have local admin rights on your work computer?

In my industry (defense), users don't get to be local admins on their Windows machines. All software needs to be requested and installed by IT. I'm curious how this works in other industries. How do you get software installed? How do you make changes to system settings?

The long story behind why I ask:

I recently requested Cygwin and VS Code and handed over my laptop to IT. Cygwin was approved for installation on the network in general and in my room in particular. VS Code was approved on the network but not yet approved in my room, so someone had to go through the process of getting it approved in my room as well. I received my laptop back 1.5 months later with VS Code nowhere to be found and Cygwin lacking the packages I need (compilers), so I'll be starting again back at the beginning of this process. Incredibly frustrating stuff. Also, there are certain icons on my desktop which I don't have permissions to delete. Surely this can't be the norm across all industries?

Luckily, I also have a Linux machine.