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Version 1.3 - 14 Jun 2020
- Elevate as administrator as needed when User Account Control (UAC) is enabled in the system
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‎Data/_elevate.vbs‎

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' Subscript of Cmd Dict by wanderSick
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' See main script -- fy.cmd -- for more details.
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' Used to run desired programs as administrator (for Vista or later with UAC)
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' Based on http://www.winhelponline.com/articles/185/1/VBScripts-and-UAC-elevation.html
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Dim objShell, FSO
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Dim strFolder, strFile
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On Error Resume Next
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Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
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Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
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strWorkDir = WScript.Arguments(0)
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strFile = WScript.Arguments(1)
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strArg = "/c start " & chr(34) & chr(34) & " /d " & chr(34) & strWorkDir & chr(34) & " " & chr(34) & strFile & chr(34)
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'Debug line
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'Msgbox strWorkDir & strFile & vbcrlf & strArg
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If FSO.FileExists(strFolder & strFile) Then
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objShell.ShellExecute "cmd.exe", strArg, "", "runas", 1
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Else
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MsgBox "File " & strFile & " not found."
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End If

‎README.md‎

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Admin rights are required for editing MAC addresses, disabling and re-enabling network adapters.
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- ChMac does not automatically elevate itself if there is no admin rights. Although there is error checking mechanism for being non-admin, it would be better to make sure admin rights are available before executing ChMac
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- Since version 1.3, ChMac automatically elevates itself if there is no admin rights when User Account Control (UAC) is enabled in the system
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### Dependencies
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## Release History
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| Ver | Date | Changes | MD5 |
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| --- | --- | --- | --- |
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| 1.2 | 20190629 | - Improve compatibility on Windows 10 by changing binaries of GNU Linux utilities<br>- Handle cases when the system PATH variable contains parenthesis | 28d0f84846ee5a0c1aa0e0b25c6a3381 |
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| 1.1 | 20120916 | Interim release | |
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| 1.0 | 20100124 | First released in 2010 | |
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| Ver | Date | Changes |
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| --- | --- | --- |
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| 1.3 | 20200614 | - Elevate as administrator as needed when User Account Control (UAC) is enabled in the system |
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| 1.2 | 20190629 | - Improve compatibility on Windows 10 by changing binaries of GNU Linux utilities<br>- Handle cases when the system PATH variable contains parenthesis |
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| 1.1 | 20120916 | Interim release |
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| 1.0 | 20100124 | First released in 2010 |

‎Readme.txt‎

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[ ChMac v1.2 ]
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[ ChMac v1.3 ]
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https://wandersick.blogspot.com | [email protected]
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# Admin rights are required for editing MAC addresses, disabling and re-
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enabling network adapters
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- ChMac does not automatically elevate itself if there is no admin rights.
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Although there is error checking mechanism for being non-admin, it would
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be better to make sure admin rights are available before executing ChMac
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- Since version 1.3, ChMac automatically elevates itself if there is no
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admin rights when User Account Control (UAC) is enabled in the system
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# ChMac wraps around DevCon (optional), OS-native and GNU Linux utilities
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‎chmac.bat‎

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:: Script: ChMac
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:: Filename: chmac.bat
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:: Version: 1.2
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:: Last Modified: 29/06/2019
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:: Version: 1.3
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:: Last Modified: 14/06/2020
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:: Creation Date: 24/01/2010
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:: Author: wandersick
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:: Email: [email protected]
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:: Web: https://wandersick.blogspot.com
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:: Web: https://tech.wandersick.com
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:: GitHub Repo: https://github.com/wandersick/chmac
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:: Supported OS: From Windows XP to Windows 10 (limited support for 2000)
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:: Supported OS: From Windows XP to Windows 10 (limited support for Windows 2000)
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:: Description:
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:: set error code to 0
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set mErrCode=0
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set mAutoChangeInterval=None
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set ChMacVersion=v1.2
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set ChMacVersion=v1.3
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:: if elevated itself
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:: if /i "%1" EQU "/2ndtime" set secondRun=1
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:: detect for admin rights (it's fine without admin rights with UAC as devcon can elevate itself -- unless UAC is disabled)
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attrib -h "%windir%\system32" | find /i "system32" >nul 2>&1
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if %errorlevel% EQU 0 (
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set noAdmin=1
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:: UAC check
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reg query HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System /v EnableLUA | find /i "0x1"
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if %errorlevel% EQU 0 set UACenabled=1
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:: detect if system has WSH disabled unsigned scripts
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:: if useWINSAFER = 1, the TrustPolicy below is ignored and use SRP for this option instead. So check if = 0.
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:: if TrustPolicy = 0, allow both signed and unsigned; if = 1, warn on unsigned; if = 2, disallow unsigned.
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for /f "usebackq tokens=3 skip=2" %%a in (`reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings" /v UseWINSAFER 2^>nul`) do (
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@if "%%a" EQU "0" (
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@for /f "usebackq tokens=3 skip=2" %%i in (`reg query "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows Script Host\Settings" /v TrustPolicy 2^>nul`) do (
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@if "%%i" GEQ "2" (
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set noWSH=1
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)
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)
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if defined ECPP set noAdminEcppMsg= Run RA from ECPP first.
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if defined noAdmin (
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set mErrType=Error: No admin right. Please run as admin.%noAdminEcppMsg%
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set mErrCode=7
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goto :error
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if defined noWSH (
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echo.
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echo # ERROR: Windows Scripting Host is disabled.
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echo.
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pause
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goto :EOF
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:: elevate as admin or output error, unless its already been elevated 1 time
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:: if defined noAdmin @if not defined secondRun ("%ecppDir%\Data\Batch\3rdparty\HP\elevate.cmd" "%comspec%" /c start "" /D "%ecppDir%\data\batch\tasks\ChMac\" "ChMac.bat" /2ndtime) else (echo.&echo :: Sorry. Admin rights are required.&echo.&pause&exit)
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:: (cancelled because devcon.exe wouldn't be in path)
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:: detect if system supports "attrib"
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attrib >nul 2>&1
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if "%errorlevel%"=="9009" set noAttrib=1
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if defined noAttrib goto :skipAdminCheck
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attrib -h "%windir%\system32" | find /i "system32" >nul 2>&1
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if %errorlevel% EQU 0 (
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if "%UACenabled%" EQU "1" (
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REM only when UAC is enabled can this script be elevated. Otherwise, non-stop prompting will occur.
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cscript //NoLogo ".\Data\_elevate.vbs" "%CD%\" "%CD%\chmac.bat" >nul 2>&1
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goto :EOF
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) else (
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echo.
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echo ** WARNING: Script running without admin rights. Cannot continue.
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echo.
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pause
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goto :EOF
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)
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)
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:skipAdminCheck
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:: ======================================================== parameter and input check
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