Script to Enable or Disable Msconfig for users

options = 'Disable' ## provide your msconfig usage option here either "Enable" or "Disable"

import os

import subprocess

user_id = []

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############# creating dword 32 bit in registry for user #################

def dword_32(user):

    cmd = 'reg  add  HKEY_USERS\\'+user+'\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer  /v DisallowRun /t  REG_DWORD  /d 1 /f'

    obj = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdout = subprocess.PIPE, stderr = subprocess.PIPE)

    res, err = obj.communicate()

    if err:

        print(err)

    else:

        return 'Success'

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############ Disabling the msconfig for user ###################

def disable_msconfig(user):

    cmd = 'reg  add  HKEY_USERS\\'+user+'\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\DisallowRun  /v  1 /t  REG_EXPAND_SZ  /d  msconfig.exe /f'

    obj = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdout = subprocess.PIPE, stderr = subprocess.PIPE)

    res, err = obj.communicate()

    if err:

        print(err)

    else:

        print("Msconfig Disabled for : "+user )

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def enable_msconfig(user):

    cmd = 'reg  delete  HKEY_USERS\\'+user+'\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\DisallowRun  /v  1 /f'

    obj = subprocess.Popen(cmd, shell=True, stdout = subprocess.PIPE, stderr = subprocess.PIPE)

    res, err = obj.communicate()

    if err:

        print(err)

    else:

        print("Msconfig Enabled for : "+user )

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obj = subprocess.Popen('WMIC useraccount get name,sid', shell=True, stdout = subprocess.PIPE, stderr = subprocess.PIPE)

out, err = obj.communicate()

if err:

    print(err)

else:

    keyword = "SID"

    before_keyword, keyword, after_keyword = out.partition(keyword)

    str1 = after_keyword.strip().splitlines()

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    for i in str1:

        if "Administrator" in i or 'DefaultAccount' in i or 'Guest' in i or 'WDAGUtilityAccount' in i :

            pass

        else:

            keyword_1 = ' '

            before_keyword_1, keyword_1, after_keyword_1 = i.partition(keyword_1)

            if 'S' in after_keyword_1:

                user_id.append(after_keyword_1.strip())

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if len(user_id) > 0:

    for val in user_id:

        Dword = dword_32(val) 

        if Dword == 'Success':

            pass 

        else:

            print("Unable to create registry key for user : "+val)

            break

    if options.capitalize() == 'Disable':

        for values in user_id:

            disable_msconfig(values)

    elif options.capitalize() == 'Enable':

        for val in user_id:

            Dword = enable_msconfig(val)

    else:

        print("Please provide correct options...")

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else:

    print("Something went wrong.....")

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