Cookbook

• Using the accounts module
  • Get the logged-on user’s account
  • Act as another user
  • Create a local user
  • Delete a local user
• Using the constants module
  • Create constants set for file attributes
  • Show file access flags
• Using the dialogs module
  • Ask the user for input
  • Prompt for a filename to open
• Using the environment module
  • Dump the current process environment
  • Remove all Python installations from the PATH
• Using the event_logs module
  • Log an event against an event source
  • List the 10 most recent records in each event log
  • Write to CSV selected events from a remote event log
• Using the fs module
  • Take ownership of a file
  • Find the sizes of top-level directories
• Using the registry module
  • Copy one registry key to another
  • Find a string in the registry
• Using the security module
  • Dump the security on a specific file