# Running this script with elevated previleges
# The following is taken from SO: http://stackoverflow.com/a/27872686/27083 by Andrew Odri
# Get the ID and security principal of the current user account
$myWindowsID = [System.Security.Principal.WindowsIdentity]::GetCurrent();
$myWindowsPrincipal = New-Object System.Security.Principal.WindowsPrincipal($myWindowsID);
# Get the security principal for the administrator role
$adminRole = [System.Security.Principal.WindowsBuiltInRole]::Administrator;
# Check to see if we are currently running as an administrator
if ($myWindowsPrincipal.IsInRole($adminRole))
{
# We are running as an administrator, so change the title and background colour to indicate this
$Host.UI.RawUI.WindowTitle = $myInvocation.MyCommand.Definition + "(Elevated)";
$Host.UI.RawUI.BackgroundColor = "DarkBlue";
#clear the screen
Clear-Host;
}
else
{
# We are not running as an administrator, so relaunch as administrator
# Create a new process object that starts PowerShell
$newProcess = New-Object System.Diagnostics.ProcessStartInfo "PowerShell";
# Specify the current script path and name as a parameter with added scope and support for scripts with spaces in it's path
$newProcess.Arguments = "& '" + $script:MyInvocation.MyCommand.Path + "'" + " -ExecutionPolicy ByPass"
# Indicate that the process should be elevated
$newProcess.Verb = "runas";
# Start the new process
[System.Diagnostics.Process]::Start($newProcess);
# Exit from the current, unelevated, process
Exit;
}
# We are now running with elevated rights
# Useful: check first with the following command if there are only two interfaces available:
# Get-NetAdapter | Format-Table -a Status,Name,ifIndex
# get the adapters, sorting "up"-Adapters first.
$adapters = Get-NetAdapter | Sort-Object Status -descending
Try{
foreach ($adapter in $adapters)
{
if($adapter.Status -eq "Up")
{
Disable-NetAdapter -InputObject $adapter -Confirm:$false
Write-Host "Disabled: " $adapter.Name
}
elseif(($adapter.Status -eq "Disconnected") -or ($adapter.Status -eq "Disabled") -or ($adapter.Status -eq "Not Present"))
{
Enable-NetAdapter -InputObject $adapter -Confirm:$false
Write-Host "Enabled: " $adapter.Name
}
}
}
Catch
{
Write-Host "Error: " $_.Exception.Message
$x = $host.UI.RawUI.ReadKey("NoEcho,IncludeKeyDown")
}