What API can I use to distinguish between having administrator privilege normally, versus having
administrator privilege due to elevation (where a user is prompted to enter an admin account and
password)?

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Regards,

Frank

None. There is no difference between the two. You could look to see if UAC is
enabled and surmise from that.

"Frank S" wrote:

> What API can I use to distinguish between having administrator privilege normally, versus having
> administrator privilege due to elevation (where a user is prompted to enter an admin account and
> password)?
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Frank
>

Frank S wrote:
> What API can I use to distinguish between having administrator privilege
> normally, versus having administrator privilege due to elevation (where a
> user is prompted to enter an admin account and password)?

You can use GetTokenElevation() with a TOKEN_INFORMATION_CLASS of
TokenElevation or TokenElevationType to determine if and how a token is
elevated. The Windows SDK does not seem to have these values documented, so
you may have to look at winnt.h to see what can be returned for these.

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Larry Futrell