Help, newb here trying to create a run as admin batch commands

[simondavies]

Hello AutoIT forums.

This is probably an easy one for you but being a newb, I am having trouble.

I really just need to open an administrative Command Prompt window, and run a few commands.    This is to allow remote users to have a 1 click resolution to a problem with IKEEXT failing to start properly and thus killing DirectAccess for them.

My environment is 100% Windows 8 and 8.1 Enterprise, running 64bit.

This is the code I have so far (provided by someone at SpiceWorks) 

Local $sUsername = "localadmin"
Local $sPassword = "p@sswOrd"
Local $sDomain   = @computerName

local $sCommand1 = @comspec & " /c sc config ikeext start= auto"
local $sCommand2 = @comspec & " /c net stop ikeext"
local $sCommand3 = @comspec & " /c net start ikeext"

Local $iPID = RunAsWait($sUserName, $sDomain, $sPassword, 0,$sCommand1 , "", @SW_SHOWDEFAULT)
$iPID = RunAsWait($sUserName, $sDomain, $sPassword, 0, $sCommand2 , "", @SW_SHOWDEFAULT)
$iPID = RunAs($sUserName, $sDomain, $sPassword, 0, $sCommand3 , "", @SW_SHOWDEFAULT)

It flashes open 3 command prompt windows in quick succession and I can see a permission error, so I guess it is not running as an administrative cmd prompt.

I read in a few threads that the solution would be doing something like using the ShellExecute() function with the verb "runas". But I am unsure how to implement that in the code I have.

[Kyan]

To run as admin, you need prior HighLevel execution, add #RequireAdmin to the top of your script.

Edited November 8, 2014 by Kyan

[simondavies]

Well that doesn't achieve anything...  The users do not have an admin account and if I were going to go that route, I would have just sent the simple batch file and told the users to right click > run as admin.

I need to do the very common task of making a file that with open an administrative command prompt, using the admin credentials that I put into the script and run some commands.

I tested with the #RequireAdmin and it still failed to run the actual commands also.

How do I use the ShellExecute() function with the verb "runas" to call an administrative command prompt using the credentials in the code and then send commands?

[Kyan]

Nope, doesn't work:

ConsoleWrite(RunAs("username",@ComputerName,"123","notepad.exe","C:\windows\system32\",@SW_MAXIMIZE)&@LF)

I suggest you use some microsoft tool like psexec: http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb897553.aspx