Need to determine whether the current user
is a local administrator? Here’s a way you can
quickly make this determination without
having to check Domain Group membership.
All you need to do is run a script named
LocalAdminTest.vbs on the user’s machine
under that person’s credentials.
LocalAdminTest.vbs attempts to create
a new registry key in a location (HKEY_
CURRENT_USER\Software\Policies) that’s
normally forbidden to users unless they’re
local administrators. If the script successfully
creates that key, it displays a message
box noting that the user has local administrator
permissions,
then deletes the
key it just created.
If the script is
unsuccessful,
it displays the
message box that
Figure 2 shows.
You can download
LocalAdmin-
Test.vbs by clicking the
Download the Code Here
button at the top of this page. You don’t have
to make any modifications
to the script
before running it.
—Harry Verge, senior
technology specialist,
TELUS