Question

I need to check whether the user executing the script has administrative privileges on the machine.

I have specified the user executing the script because the script could have been executed with a user other than the logged on using something similar to ‘Runas’.

@Javier: Both solutions work in a PC with an English version of Windows installed but not if the installed is in different language. This is because the Administrators group doesn’t exist, the name is different for instance in Spanish. I need the solution to work in all configurations.

Answer 1

You can use script if you want to see if the logged on user is an administrator

Set objNetwork = CreateObject('Wscript.Network') strComputer = objNetwork.ComputerName strUser = objNetwork.UserName  isAdministrator = false  Set objGroup = GetObject('WinNT://' & strComputer & '/Administrators') For Each objUser in objGroup.Members     If objUser.Name = strUser Then         isAdministrator = true             End If Next  If isAdministrator Then     Wscript.Echo strUser & ' is a local administrator.' Else     Wscript.Echo strUser & ' is not a local administrator.' End If 

I am not sure how to handle it when the script is run with ‘Runas’ I am afraid.