import java.io.PrintStream;

import java.util.prefs.Preferences;

/**

*

* @author SoftwareOrgMX

*/

public class Main {

public static void main(String[] args) {

System.out.println("Is Admin: " + isAdmin());

}

public static boolean isAdmin() {

Preferences prefs = Preferences.systemRoot();

PrintStream systemErr = System.err;

synchronized (systemErr) { // better synchroize to avoid problems with other threads that access System.err

System.setErr(null);

try {

prefs.put("foo", "bar"); // SecurityException on Windows

prefs.remove("foo");

prefs.flush(); // BackingStoreException on Linux

return true;

} catch (Exception e) {

return false;

} finally {

System.setErr(systemErr);

}

}

}

}