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texhex / BiosSledgehammer

Automated BIOS, ME, TPM firmware update and BIOS settings for HP devices
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Recommend to add in batch files that require admin rights #38

Closed dubl3a closed 6 years ago

dubl3a commented 6 years ago

I've been using this for a while (obtained from here: https://sites.google.com/site/eneerge/home/BatchGotAdmin) that automatically calls a UAC prompt and runs the batch as an admin:

@echo off

:: BatchGotAdmin
:-------------------------------------
REM  --> Check for permissions
>nul 2>&1 "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\cacls.exe" "%SYSTEMROOT%\system32\config\system"

REM --> If error flag set, we do not have admin.
if '%errorlevel%' NEQ '0' (
    echo Requesting administrative privileges...
    goto UACPrompt
) else ( goto gotAdmin )

:UACPrompt
    echo Set UAC = CreateObject^("Shell.Application"^) > "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    echo UAC.ShellExecute "%~s0", "", "", "runas", 1 >> "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"

    "%temp%\getadmin.vbs"
    exit /B

:gotAdmin
    if exist "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" ( del "%temp%\getadmin.vbs" )
    pushd "%CD%"
    CD /D "%~dp0"
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texhex commented 6 years ago

Thanks @dubl3a, but I do not think this is necessary. BIOS Sledgehammer should be run mostly automated, and in this case such a script is not necessary. Also, right-click "Run as Administrator" is build-in as well.