Powershell Question Answered…  …by me. Thanks for nothing
internet.  You may remember (but probably not) that I posted
recently on the difference between two bits of powershell code
that checked for whether or not I had administrator privileges
on my PC. Well, through a happy accident I have discovered the
difference.  The below snippet checks to see if I’m in the Admin
role. It means nothing more than I can Admin things if I like.
function get-adminuser() {    $id =
[Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()    $p = New-
Object Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal($id)    return $p.IsI
nRole([Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator)
This piece of code, on the other hand, is a wee bit more
powerful. It actually looks to see if I have Admin rights
currently. Much like the UNIX model, Windows XP and up allows
you to be logged in as what UNIX would call a “user” versus
“root.” This piece tells me my current role:  $strComputer = "."
$computer = [ADSI]("WinNT://" + $strComputer + ",computer")