User Privileges
This code can check if the user that is logged on to windows is an administrator.
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Source Code
The following code will check to see if a user is an administrator.
If My.User.IsInRole(ApplicationServices.BuiltInRole.Administrator) = True Then
lblResponse.Text = "This user is an administrator."
Else
lblResponse.Text = "This user is not an administrator."
End If
You can change the BuiltInRole.Administrator to one of the following to check for a different user group: -
BuiltInRole.AccountOperator
BuiltInRole.BackupOperator
BuiltInRole.Guest
BuiltInRole.PowerUser
BuiltInRole.PrintOperator
BuiltInRole.Replicator
BuiltInRole.SystemOperator
BuiltInRole.User
This code was tested on Windows Vista, this code should be compatible with Windows 2000/XP/2003 Server
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