Auditing Windows security from a Python script, no pip install needed

I had a problem. I wanted a Windows security audit script I could drop on any machine, run as admin, and walk away with a readable report. Just a single .py file. No pip install, no virtualenv, no "wait, do you have Python 3.10 or what." The catch is that "real" Windows auditing tools usually pull in pywin32, wmi, or some chunky vendor SDK. None of that flies on a locked down workstation. So I tried writing the whole thing on the standard library. That is what WinRecon turned into. 20 checks,...