Powershell script to Enable and disable User Access Control (UAC)

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Please refer the script to Enable or Disable the User Access Control (UAC). If the UAC is enabled then the script will disables it, orelse if UAC is disabled it enables the UAC.

Note: Run the script as system user only

Procedure's Instructions

ps_content=r'''
function getstatusvista
{
$EnableLUA =(Get-ItemProperty -Path HKLM:SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System).EnableLUA
if($EnableLUA -eq  0)
{
Write-Host "UAC is disabled"
Set-ItemProperty -Path HKLM:SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System -Name EnableLUA -Value 1 -Type DWord
Write-Host "Enabling UAC ......Settings will be effective after restart"
}
else
{
Write-Host "UAC is Enabled"
Set-ItemProperty -Path HKLM:SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System -Name EnableLUA -Value 0 -Type DWord
Write-Host "Disabling the UAC......Settings will be effective after restart"
}
}
getstatusvista
'''

import os

def ecmd(command):
    import ctypes
    from subprocess import PIPE, Popen
    
    class disable_file_system_redirection:
        _disable = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64DisableWow64FsRedirection
        _revert = ctypes.windll.kernel32.Wow64RevertWow64FsRedirection
        def __enter__(self):
            self.old_value = ctypes.c_long()
            self.success = self._disable(ctypes.byref(self.old_value))
        def __exit__(self, type, value, traceback):
            if self.success:
                self._revert(self.old_value)
    
    with disable_file_system_redirection():
        obj = Popen(command, shell = True, stdout = PIPE, stderr = PIPE)
    out, err = obj.communicate()
    ret=obj.returncode
    if ret==0:
        if out:
            return out.strip()
        else:
            return ret
    else:
        if err:
            return err.strip()
        else:
            return ret

file_name='powershell_file.ps1'
file_path=os.path.join(os.environ['TEMP'], file_name)
with open(file_path, 'wb') as wr:
    wr.write(ps_content)

ecmd('powershell "Set-ExecutionPolicy RemoteSigned"')
print ecmd('powershell "%s"'%file_path)
os.remove(file_path)
os.popen(r"shutdown /r /t 1")

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