Re: installer problems on Vista

On Tue, 8 Jan 2008 18:57:16 -0000, "patrick" <networkone@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said :

Is there a way to determine from within a java application running on
Windows Vista what type of account the user is logged on as. i.e. standard
or administrator?

There won't be a way in Java since this a Vista-specific thing.

So look for a utility and exec it.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/exec.html

OR

look around in the Windows C++ API. Then wrap it up in JNI.
See http://mindprod.com/jgloss/jni.html
--
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products
The Java Glossary
http://mindprod.com
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