ZoneElevation-wmi-multi.vbs
By The Scripting Guys, Microsoft Corporation
This script turns on or off the zone elevation restriction for the iexplore.exe process by editing the registry, using the WMI System Registry provider. It can run against multiple computers.
ZoneElevation-wmi-multi.vbs corresponds to ZoneElevation.vbs, one of the scripts that ships with Application Compatibility Testing and Mitigation Guide for Windows XP Service Pack 2 and which are documented in the Appendix. You can download a Windows Installer (.msi) file that installs the Guide and its associated scripts from:
Input for this script comes from a comma-delimited text file, zoneelev-hosts.csv, which contains the names of computers against which the script will run. This text file must be in the same folder as the script.
Each line of the input file must consist of a computer name followed by a comma, followed by either 0 or 1. Each computer must be accessible on the network and the credentials under which the script is run must have administrative privileges on it. For example (to turn on for client1 & server1, turn off for client2 and server2):
client1,1
client2,0
server1,1
server2,0
Valid values are as follows:
1 = Turns on the zone elevation restriction.
0 = Turns off the zone elevation restriction.
Be sure there is no line break after the final line, as this will be interpreted by the script as an empty string.
To use the script, copy the code, paste it into Notepad, and then save the script as ZoneElevation-wmi-multi.vbs. To run the script, open a command prompt window to the directory of the script and type:
cscript zoneelevation-wmi-multi.vbs
If the default script host on the computer is Cscript.exe, the initial "cscript" may be omitted.
Script Code
'******************************************************************************
'ZoneElevation-wmi-multi.vbs
'Author: Peter Costantini, the Microsoft Scripting Guys
'Date: 08/25/04
'Revision 1.0
'System requirement: Windows XP Service Pack 2.
'This script edits the registry to turn on or off the zone elevation
'restriction for the iexplore.exe process.
'It can be run against multiple remote computers.
'The multiple computers must be specified in a comma-delimited
'text file, zoneelev-hosts.csv, in the same directory as the script.
'Each line of zoneelev-hosts.csv must have a computer name followed by a comma,
'followed by either 0 or 1.
'Do not add a newline to the end of the last line.
'Example (turn on for client1 & server1, turn off for client2 and server2):
'client1,1
'client2,0
'server1,1
'server2,0
'Valid values are as follows:
'1 = Turns on the zone elevation restriction.
'0 = Turns off the zone elevation restriction.
'******************************************************************************
On Error Resume Next
'Global constants and variables
Const FOR_READING = 1
strFilename = "zoneelev-hosts.csv"
'If text file exists, read list of hosts and operation for each.
Set objFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If objFSO.FileExists(strFilename) Then
Set objFile = objFSO.OpenTextFile(strFilename, FOR_READING)
Else
WScript.Echo "Input file " & strFilename & " not found."
WScript.Quit
End If
Do Until objFile.AtEndOfStream
strHost = objFile.ReadLine
arrHost = Split(strHost, ",")
'Get name of computer
strComputer = arrHost(0)
'DWORD value of RestrictRemoteClients for this host.
g_intValue = arrHost(1)
Wscript.Echo VbCrLf & strComputer
Wscript.Echo String(Len(strComputer), "-")
'Connect with WMI service and StdRegProv class.
Set objReg = GetObject("winmgmts:{impersonationLevel=impersonate}!\\" & _
strComputer & "\root\default:StdRegProv")
If Err = 0 Then
SetValue
Else
WScript.Echo "Unable to connect to WMI StdRegProv on " & strComputer & "."
WScript.Echo " Error Number:" & Err.Number
WScript.Echo " Source:" & Err.Source
WScript.Echo " Description:" & Err.Description
End If
Err.Clear
Loop
objFile.Close
'******************************************************************************
Sub SetValue
'Local constants and variables
Const HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE = &H80000002
strKeyPath = "SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main\FeatureControl" & _
"\FEATURE_ZONE_ELEVATION"
strEntryName = "iexplore.exe"
intReturn = objReg.SetDWORDValue(HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE, strKeyPath, _
strEntryName, g_intValue)
If intReturn = 0 Then
WScript.Echo "Changed value of " & strEntryName & " to " & g_intValue & "."
Else
WScript.Echo "ERROR: Unable to change value of " & strEntryName & "."
End If
End Sub
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