Hi,

Is there a way how to auto detect (via VBS script for example) the user
account type ? (i.e : administrator, user, power user,..)

I do not want to use "windows console" from Active Directory, because it
seems that if account type is change on local computer, AD (active directory)
is not able to detect this change (info from my colleague who is responsible
of AD server).

So, as i would like to ensure that my team members did well their work, i
would like to have (for example) in the logon script, some VBS to detect and
collect this user account type.

thanks a lot,

M.

Here are some sample WMI scripts.

User Accounts:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr....mspx?mfr=true

You can create/modify a script to check if the current user name is a member of one of the following groups:

1. Administrators
2. Guests
3. Power Users

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"Maileen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:414D0545-B07A-434E-9D7B-(E-Mail Removed)...
Hi,

Is there a way how to auto detect (via VBS script for example) the user
account type ? (i.e : administrator, user, power user,..)

I do not want to use "windows console" from Active Directory, because it
seems that if account type is change on local computer, AD (active directory)
is not able to detect this change (info from my colleague who is responsible
of AD server).

So, as i would like to ensure that my team members did well their work, i
would like to have (for example) in the logon script, some VBS to detect and
collect this user account type.

thanks a lot,

M.

"Maileen" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:414D0545-B07A-434E-9D7B-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi,
>
> Is there a way how to auto detect (via VBS script for example) the user
> account type ? (i.e : administrator, user, power user,..)
>
> I do not want to use "windows console" from Active Directory, because it
> seems that if account type is change on local computer, AD (active
directory)
> is not able to detect this change (info from my colleague who is
responsible
> of AD server).
>
> So, as i would like to ensure that my team members did well their work, i
> would like to have (for example) in the logon script, some VBS to detect
and
> collect this user account type.
>
> thanks a lot,
>
> M.

A user's status is determined by his group memberships. Here is
how you can extract them in your logon script:

@echo off
net user "%UserName%" | find "*"

To find out if a user has administrative privileges, pipe the output of
this line into a further "find.exe" command and look for "administrator".

Sorry but does mean GetObject("WinNT://" & strComputer & "")
basically i understood that GetObject will retrieve automation from a
file specified by WinNT:// & strComputer.

but what does mean WinNT:// ? the OS root folder ?

thx,

Al.

Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote:
> Here are some sample WMI scripts.
>
> User Accounts:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr....mspx?mfr=true
>
> You can create/modify a script to check if the current user name is a member of one of the following groups:
>
> 1. Administrators
> 2. Guests
> 3. Power Users
>

Al,

It's a WMI provider used to access user account info.

--
Regards,

Ramesh Srinivasan, Microsoft MVP [Windows XP Shell/User]
Windows® XP Troubleshooting http://www.winhelponline.com


"--== Alain ==--" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
Sorry but does mean GetObject("WinNT://" & strComputer & "")
basically i understood that GetObject will retrieve automation from a
file specified by WinNT:// & strComputer.

but what does mean WinNT:// ? the OS root folder ?

thx,

Al.

Ramesh, MS-MVP wrote:
> Here are some sample WMI scripts.
>
> User Accounts:
> http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr....mspx?mfr=true
>
> You can create/modify a script to check if the current user name is a member of one of the following groups:
>
> 1. Administrators
> 2. Guests
> 3. Power Users
>