RegWrite as Admin

[hcstarck]

Is it possible to use RegWrite by a non admin user? I have tried to use the RunAsSet and then setting the admin, but that only applies to the Run methods I believe. Do I have to log off as the user and then back on as the admin? Thanks

[ezzetabi]

If anything else fail you can always create a .reg file on the fly with FileWrite() and Run('regedit /s thatfile.reg') after setting Runasadmin and finally delete the reg.

[hcstarck]

Interesting solution. Anything thats not quite that messy? I'll get starting on that in the meantime though, thanks.

[CyberSlug]

Hmm.... There needs to be some sort of RunAsSet for registry functions....

[ezzetabi]

Here the messy idea coded and tested.

$Adminuser = "Administrator"
$Adminpass = "Password"
$Domain = "Domain"

;Copy and paste the .reg file adding ' at beginning of lines and ' & @crlf &_ at the end
;Be careful about the 4096 chars limit of the lines.

FileWrite(@TempDir & "\TheReg.reg",_
'Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00' & @crlf &_
@crlf &_
'[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run]' & @crlf &_
'"Tweak UI"="RUNDLL32.EXE TWEAKUI.CPL,TweakMeUp"' & @crlf)

RunAsSet($adminuser,$domain,$adminpass)
RunWait(@windowsdir & '\regedit.exe /s "' & @tempdir & '\TheReg.reg"','')
RunAsSet()

FileDelete(@tempdir & "\thereg.reg")

[hcstarck]

Thanks ezzetabi. Thats roughly what I came up with. I just forgot to use the crlf in the keys so the reg wasn't running,

[Jon]

JdeB has a great script somewhere that detects if it is running under admin mode, and if not restarts itself with RunAsSet. Very nifty and means you only need to have a single script.

[ezzetabi]

Great idea!

Untested code:

$Name = "Name of the script"
$Adminuser=""
$Adminpass=""
$Domain=""
If WinExists($Name) Then WinClose($Name);In the case the other script is still running
AutoItWinSetTitle($Name)

If Not IsAdmin() Then 
   RunAsSet($Adminuser,$Domain,$adminpass)
   If @Compiled Then
      Run(@scriptfullpath)
   Else
      Run(@comspec ' /c cmd start ' & FileGetShortname(@scriptfullpath),'',@SW_HIDE)
   EndIf
   RunAsSet()
   Exit
EndIf

;Real script there....

Edited July 30, 2004 by ezzetabi

[emmanuel]

JdeB has a great script somewhere that detects if it is running under admin mode, and if not restarts itself with RunAsSet.  Very nifty and means you only need to have a single script.

And here it is.

$RUN = 0
If $CMDLINE[0] = 1 Then $RUN = $CMDLINE[1]
; set to admin mode
If $RUN = 0 Then
  If Not IsAdmin() Then
     RunAsSet($USERNAME, @ComputerName, $PASSWORD)
   ; start the script program (itself) again but now in Adminmode...so all done tasks will run in Adminmode
     Run('"' & @ScriptFullPath & '" " 1"') 
     If @error = 1 Then
        MsgBox(48, "Error", "cannot start Admin mode.")   
     EndIf
     Exit
  EndIf
EndIf

[ezzetabi]

Mine looks better...

[CyberSlug]

Cool. This might be worth putting in the FAQ.

Another gem is the script that resumes after the computer reboots.

[emmanuel]

Mine looks better...

well, maybe you'd want to add it to the wiki?

[ezzetabi]

Cool.  This might be worth putting in the FAQ.

Another gem is the script that resumes after the computer reboots.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Some thing like this:

Dim $Reboot = "False", $c = 0

If $cmdline[0] > 1 Then
   For $c to 1 to $cmdline[0]
      If $cmdline[$c] = "/reboot" Then
         $Reboot = "True"
         ExitLoop
      EndIf
   Next
EndIf

If $Reboot == "False"
  ;The starting script is there
   If @compiled = 1 Then
      RegWrite("HKLM\SoftWare\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce",_
      AutoItWinGetTitle(),"reg_sz",@scriptfullpath & ' /reboot')
   Else
      RegWrite("HKLM\SoftWare\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\RunOnce",_
      AutoItWinGetTitle(),"reg_sz",'%comspec% /c start ' & GetShortname(@scriptfullpath) & ' /reboot')
Shutdown(6)
Else
  ;the resumed script is there
EndIf

[ezzetabi]

well, maybe you'd want to add it to the wiki?

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

What is that?!?

[sugi]

I've set up the wiki to make it easier to create a tutorial. Everybody can add text to it without having knowledge of HTML.

[emmanuel]

I've set up the wiki to make it easier to create a tutorial. Everybody can add text to it without having knowledge of HTML.

<{POST_SNAPBACK}>

To elaborate, wiki is a web authoring system, the largest use of it, that I know of, is wikipedia the free online encyclopedia created and maintained by it's users. I'm attracted to the communal aspect of editing and updating...