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Powershell - check local admin user is enabled

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By Julius Gamanyi
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Aim: check if local admin user on Windows is enabled using PowerShell.

It’s better to use the SID for the local administrator account instead of the hard-coded English name, Administrator, because the differs according to language.

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# get details
PS C:\tmp> $AdminDetails = (Get-LocalUser | ? { $_.SID -like 'S-1-5-21-*-500'})

# print details
PS C:\tmp> $AdminDetails

# output looks like
Name          Enabled Description
----          ------- -----------
Administrator False   Vordefiniertes Konto . . .

# select the enabled property with
PS C:\tmp> ($AdminDetails) | Select -ExpandProperty "Enabled"
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