October 12, 2012

PowerShell – Function to get the UAC configuration on local or remote computer

function Get-UAC {
&lt;#
  .SYNOPSIS
    Gets the current status of User Account Control (UAC) on a computer, locally or remote.
  .DESCRIPTION
    Gets the current status of User Account Control (UAC) on a computer, locally or remote.
  .AUTHOR
    Jeff Wouters
  .NOTES
    PowerShell 2.0 or higher is required for proper execution of this script.
  .EXAMPLE
    Get-UAC
  .EXAMPLE
    Get-UAC -ComputerName [ComputerName]
  .INPUTS
    N/A.
#&gt;
  [cmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $true)]
  param([parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $false, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true, Mandatory = $false)][Alias("Computer")][string]$ComputerName)
  [string]$RegPath = "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System"
  [string]$RegValue = "EnableLUA"
  $AccessReg = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey([Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive]::LocalMachine,$ComputerName)
  $Subkey = $AccessReg.OpenSubKey($RegPath,$false)
  $Subkey.ToString() | Out-Null
  $UAC = ($Subkey.GetValue($RegValue) -eq 1)
  if ($UAC -eq 1){ $UACConfig = "Enabled" } 
  elseif ($UAC -eq 0) { $UACConfig = "Disabled" }
  else {$UACConfig = "Unknown"}
  return $UACConfig
}

function Get-UAC {

.SYNOPSIS

Gets the current status of User Account Control (UAC) on a computer, locally or remote.

.DESCRIPTION

Gets the current status of User Account Control (UAC) on a computer, locally or remote.

.AUTHOR

Jeff Wouters

.NOTES

PowerShell 2.0 or higher is required for proper execution of this script.

.EXAMPLE

Get-UAC

.EXAMPLE

Get-UAC -ComputerName [ComputerName]

.INPUTS

N/A.

[cmdletBinding(SupportsShouldProcess = $true)]

param([parameter(ValueFromPipeline = $false, ValueFromPipelineByPropertyName = $true, Mandatory = $false)][Alias("Computer")][string]$ComputerName)

[string]$RegPath = "Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System"

[string]$RegValue = "EnableLUA"

$AccessReg = [Microsoft.Win32.RegistryKey]::OpenRemoteBaseKey([Microsoft.Win32.RegistryHive]::LocalMachine,$ComputerName)

$Subkey = $AccessReg.OpenSubKey($RegPath,$false)

$Subkey.ToString() | Out-Null

$UAC = ($Subkey.GetValue($RegValue) -eq 1)

if ($UAC -eq 1){ $UACConfig = "Enabled" }

elseif ($UAC -eq 0) { $UACConfig = "Disabled" }

else {$UACConfig = "Unknown"}

return $UACConfig

}

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PowerShell – Function to get the UAC configuration on local or remote computer

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