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Check for Admin rights?

I have used www.Youseful.com to create a custom setup program that was built using Delphi 3.02.

This setup program install a Win32 application that supports both Win9x and WinNT/2000.

I have had several ppl send me e-mail complaining that they can't install the program on WinNT/2000... I always ask the question:

"Do you have administrator rights on the computer your trying to install my program on?"

To which I always get a response simular to "No."

So, this brings me to my question:
Does anyone know how to programicly check NT to determine if the current user has administrator rights necessary to install software?

:::crossing fingers:::
John

Madshi

Call GetUserName to get the name of the current user, then NetUserGetInfo with level 1. In the level 1 structure you find a field "usri1_priv", which can be one of the following values:

Value      Meaning
USER_PRIV_GUEST      Guest
USER_PRIV_USER      User
USER_PRIV_ADMIN      Administrator

Regards, Madshi.

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zitt

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inthe (Barry),

Thanks... works like a charm. (at least on Win2000)

Mash,
I appreciate you answer; it's just inthe's was "plug-n-play".

John

Madshi

Hmmm... Do you have to belong to the administrator group to have administrator rights? Can't you have administrator rights without belonging to the administrator group? In such a case (if it is possible) Barry's code wouldn't work.

Regards, Madshi.

zitt

ASKER

Sounds logical... I tested his code on my Win2k machine... for which I have administrator rights. It correctly reported that I had rights; however, I haven't yet tested it against a usr without rights.

How would you change the code?

Madshi

I would use NetUserGetInfo, see my first comment... :-)