Win32_PrivilegesStatus - powershell.one

The Win32_PrivilegesStatusâWMI class reports information about privileges required to complete an operation. It may be returned when an operation failed or when a partially populated instance has been returned.

Methods

Win32_PrivilegesStatus has no methods.

Properties

Win32_PrivilegesStatus returns 7 properties:

'Description','Operation','ParameterInfo','PrivilegesNotHeld','PrivilegesRequired',
'ProviderName','StatusCode'

Unless explicitly marked as writeable, all properties are read-only. Read all properties for all instances:

Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_PrivilegesStatus -Property *

Most WMI classes return one or more instances.

When Get-CimInstance returns no result, then apparently no instances of class Win32_PrivilegesStatus exist. This is normal behavior.

Either the class is not implemented on your system (may be deprecated or due to missing drivers, i.e. CIM_VideoControllerResolution), or there are simply no physical representations of this class currently available (i.e. Win32_TapeDrive).

Description

STRING

Any user-defined string that describes an error or operational status.

Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_PrivilegesStatus | Select-Object -Property Description

Operation

STRING

Operation that takes place at the time of a failure or anomaly. Typically, Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI) sets this property to the name of a COM API for WMI method such as the following: IWbemServices::CreateInstanceEnum.

Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_PrivilegesStatus | Select-Object -Property Operation

ParameterInfo

STRING

Parameters involved in an error or status change. For example, if an application attempts to retrieve a class that does not exist, this property is set to the offending class name.

Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_PrivilegesStatus | Select-Object -Property ParameterInfo

PrivilegesNotHeld

STRING ARRAY

Listing required access privileges missing to complete an operation. The types of access privileges can be found under the Windows Privileges.

Example: “SE_SHUTDOWN_NAME”

Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_PrivilegesStatus | Select-Object -Property PrivilegesNotHeld

PrivilegesRequired

STRING ARRAY

Listing of all of the privileges required to perform an operation. This includes values from the PrivilegesNotHeld property.

Example: “SE_SHUTDOWN_NAME”

Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_PrivilegesStatus | Select-Object -Property PrivilegesRequired

ProviderName

STRING

Identifies the provider that causes or reports an error or status change. If a provider is not involved, this string is set to “Windows Management”.

Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_PrivilegesStatus | Select-Object -Property ProviderName

StatusCode

UINT32

Contains an error or information code for an operation. This can be any value defined by the provider, but the value 0 (zero) is usually reserved to indicate success.

Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_PrivilegesStatus | Select-Object -Property StatusCode

Examples

List all instances of Win32_PrivilegesStatus

Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_PrivilegesStatus

Learn more about Get-CimInstance and the deprecated Get-WmiObject.

View all properties

Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_PrivilegesStatus -Property *

View key properties only

Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_PrivilegesStatus -KeyOnly

Selecting Properties

To select only some properties, pipe the results to Select-Object -Property a,b,c with a comma-separated list of the properties you require. Wildcards are permitted.

Get-CimInstance always returns all properties but only retrieves the ones that you specify. All other properties are empty but still present. That’s why you need to pipe the results into Select-Object if you want to limit the visible properties, i.e. for reporting.

Selecting Properties

The code below lists all available properties. Remove the ones you do not need:

$properties = 'Description',
              'Operation',
              'ParameterInfo',
              'PrivilegesNotHeld',
              'PrivilegesRequired',
              'ProviderName',
              'StatusCode'
Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_PrivilegesStatus | Select-Object -Property $properties

Limiting Network Bandwidth

If you work remotely, it makes sense to limit network bandwidth by filtering the properties on the server side, too:

Get-CimInstance -Class Win32_PrivilegesStatus -Property $property | 
Select-Object -Property $property

Selecting Instances

To select some instances, use Get-CimInstance and a WMI Query. The wildcard character in WMI Queries is % (and not “*”).

The parameter -Filter runs a simple query.

Listing all instances where the property Caption starts with “A”

Get-CimInstance -Class Win32_PrivilegesStatus -Filter 'Caption LIKE "a%"' 

Using a WQL Query

The parameter -Query uses a query similar to SQL and combines the parameters -Filter and -Property. This returns all instances where the property Caption starts with “A”, and returns the properties specified:

Get-CimInstance -Query "SELECT ParameterInfo, Operation, StatusCode, ProviderName FROM Win32_PrivilegesStatus WHERE Caption LIKE 'a%'"

Any property you did not specify is still present but empty. You might need to use Select-Object to remove all unwanted properties:
Get-CimInstance -Query "SELECT ParameterInfo, Operation, StatusCode, ProviderName FROM Win32_PrivilegesStatus WHERE Caption LIKE 'a%'" | Select-Object -Property ParameterInfo, Operation, StatusCode, ProviderName

Accessing Remote Computers

To access remote systems, you need to have proper permissions. User the parameter -ComputerName to access one or more remote systems.

Authenticating as Current User

# one or more computer names or IP addresses:
$list = 'server1', 'server2'

# authenticate with your current identity:
$result = Get-CimInstance -ClassName Win32_PrivilegesStatus -ComputerName $list 
$result

Authenticating as Different User

Use a CIMSession object to authenticate with a new identity:

# one or more computer names or IP addresses:
$list = 'server1', 'server2'

# authenticate with a different identity:
$cred = Get-Credential -Message 'Authenticate to retrieve WMI information:'
$session = New-CimSession -ComputerName $list -Credential $cred

$result = Get-CimInstance Win32_PrivilegesStatus -CimSession $session

# remove the session after use (if you do not plan to re-use it later)
Remove-CimSession -CimSession $session

$result

Learn more about accessing remote computers.

Requirements

To use Win32_PrivilegesStatus, the following requirements apply:

PowerShell

Get-CimInstance was introduced with PowerShell Version 3.0, which in turn was introduced on clients with Windows 8 and on servers with Windows Server 2012.

If necessary, update Windows PowerShell to Windows PowerShell 5.1, or install PowerShell 7 side-by-side.

Operating System

Win32_PrivilegesStatus was introduced on clients with WindowsÂ Vista and on servers with Windows ServerÂ 2008.

Namespace

Win32_PrivilegesStatus lives in the Namespace Root/CIMV2. This is the default namespace. There is no need to use the -Namespace parameter in Get-CimInstance.

Implementation

Win32_PrivilegesStatus is implemented in CIMWin32.dll and defined in CIMWin32.mof. Both files are located in the folder C:\Windows\system32\wbem:

explorer $env:windir\system32\wbem
notepad $env:windir\system32\wbem\CIMWin32.mof

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