List Registry Key Access Rights

 

Description
Uses WMI to check access rights for the logged on user to the HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet portion of the registry.

 

Supported Platforms

Windows Server 2003

Yes

Windows XP

Yes

Windows 2000

Yes

Windows NT 4.0

Yes

Windows 98

Yes

 

Script Code 

Const KEY_QUERY_VALUE = &H0001
Const KEY_SET_VALUE = &H0002
Const KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY = &H0004
Const DELETE = &H00010000
 
Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
 
strComputer = "."

Set oReg=GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & _ 
    strComputer & "\root\default:StdRegProv")
 
strKeyPath = "SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet"
 
oReg.CheckAccess HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, strKeyPath, KEY_QUERY_VALUE, _
    bHasAccessRight
If bHasAccessRight = True Then
    Wscript.Echo "Have Query Value Access Rights on Key"
Else
    Wscript.Echo "Do Not Have Query Value Access Rights on Key"
End If   
 
oReg.CheckAccess HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, strKeyPath, KEY_SET_VALUE, _
    bHasAccessRight
If bHasAccessRight = True Then
    Wscript.Echo "Have Set Value Access Rights on Key"
Else
    Wscript.Echo "Do Not Have Set Value Access Rights on Key"
End If   
 
oReg.CheckAccess HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, strKeyPath, KEY_CREATE_SUB_KEY, _
    bHasAccessRight
If bHasAccessRight = True Then
    Wscript.Echo "Have Create SubKey Access Rights on Key"
Else
    StdOut.WriteLine "Do Not Have Create SubKey Access Rights on Key"
End If
 
oReg.CheckAccess HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, strKeyPath, DELETE, bHasAccessRight
If bHasAccessRight = True Then
    StdOut.WriteLine "Have Delete Access Rights on Key"
Else
    StdOut.WriteLine "Do Not Have Delete Access Rights on Key"
End If

 

 

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