Determining if you're an Administrator from Powershell
Here's a handy PowerShell function I used to determine if I'm currently running as an Administrator in PowerShell
# Determine if I am running as an Admin
function AmIAdmin()
{
$ident = [Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent()
foreach ( $groupIdent in $ident.Groups )
{
if ( $groupIdent.IsValidTargetType([Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier]) )
{
$groupSid = $groupIdent.Translate([Security.Principal.SecurityIdentifier])
if ( $groupSid.IsWellKnown("AccountAdministratorSid") -or $groupSid.IsWellKnown("BuiltinAdministratorsSid"))
{
return $true;
}
}
}
return $false;
}
