{"id":2546,"date":"2023-04-22T00:17:11","date_gmt":"2023-04-21T18:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/community.windowstechno.com\/community\/question\/how-to-get-gpo-startup-powershell-script-to-run-in-an-admin-context\/"},"modified":"2023-04-22T00:17:11","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T18:47:11","slug":"how-to-get-gpo-startup-powershell-script-to-run-in-an-admin-context","status":"publish","type":"question","link":"https:\/\/community.windowstechno.com\/community\/question\/how-to-get-gpo-startup-powershell-script-to-run-in-an-admin-context\/","title":{"rendered":"How to get GPO startup Powershell script to run in an admin context?"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I’ve got a Powershell script set to run via GPO as a startup script.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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(Computer configuration > Policies > Windows Settings > Scripts > Startup)<\/p>\n

The script runs on startup as expected, but one of the Powershell cmdlets fails. Specifically\u00a0Get-SecureBootUEFI -name dbx<\/code>\u00a0errors out with an access denied message. This is an issue of the Powershell session needing to be run as administrator and I have verified this on the workstation I’m using as a testing ground. Opening Powershell normally and executing the cmdlet yields an identical error message. Right clicking Powershell and selecting “Run as administrator” launches a session where I can successfully execute the cmdlet.<\/p>\n

So after spending most of my day digging into this, everything I’m finding on the internet is indicating “To run your script with administrator privileges, run it as a startup script so it will run as SYSTEM which will give you the permissions you need.” Well I started with it as a startup script and that quite clearly isn’t running in an administrator context as evidenced by the access denied message I’m getting hit with.<\/p>\n

What do I have to do to allow my script to run in a true administrator context?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","question-category":[12],"question_tags":[],"class_list":["post-2546","question","type-question","status-publish","hentry","question-category-active-directory"],"yoast_head":"\nHow to get GPO startup Powershell script to run in an admin context? - WindowsTechno Community<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/community.windowstechno.com\/community\/question\/how-to-get-gpo-startup-powershell-script-to-run-in-an-admin-context\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to get GPO startup Powershell script to run in an admin context? - WindowsTechno Community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"I’ve got a Powershell script set to run via GPO as a startup script. 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