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A simple and easy guide to hardening Windows Vista / 7 that I made, no ads.
A simple and easy guide to hardening Windows Vista / 7 that I made, no ads.
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Open elevated command prompt and use following command to enable
Administrator account and set a password on it:
net user Administrator v3ryStr()ngP4$$wOrd /ACTIVE:YES
where "v3ryStr()ngP4$$wOrd" is a password you want to assign to account.
I don't see the benefit in activating the Administrator account..? [Added registry info for ctrl-alt-del requirement, for home users]
If you don't activate it and protect it with a strong password, a virus will activate it for you - and since it's not protected with a password.. I think you know where I'm going with this.
I don't see the benefit in activating the Administrator account..? [Added registry info for ctrl-alt-del requirement, for home users]
Can't make your main account standard, without a second adminstrator account, and instead of just arbitrarily creating a new one. Why not use the one built in? and set a strong password in the process.Run as standard user, in Control Panel->User Accounts->Change Your Account Type, select "Standard User" and apply the settings. You may need to make a seperate admin account, if you don't have any other admin accounts on your system.
A lot of people have Home Premium, should add this tip:
How do you undo that?
When I did it, it created an admin account and I must enter a password anytime I do just about anything.
So I removed the admin account but it still has me enter a password on my original account any time UAC comes up. I'd like to get it back to the way it was.
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc709691(WS.10).aspx
To change the elevation prompt behavior for administrators
1.Click Start, click Accessories, click Run, type secpol.msc in the Open box, and then click OK.
Nice little guide. You actually mention DEP which is often overlooked and I don't know why it's still not enabled for all processes by default. Well there are a few things out there still that don't work with DEP enabled but still that is the exception and not the rule.
And for goodness sake, do not believe web browser pop-ups that say you're infected and you need to download an anti-virus to get rid of the virus, for the thing you download is actually the virus and you'll be sorry (and a nuisance to everyone else on the internet.)
Would any of these changes have negative effects?
Nice little guide. You actually mention DEP which is often overlooked and I don't know why it's still not enabled for all processes by default. Well there are a few things out there still that don't work with DEP enabled but still that is the exception and not the rule.
Not if you are a gamer. Enabling DEP for all processes will be a PITA for a gamer.
I like your guide to security as there are far too many users that have no idea what to do.
I found another site that is dedicated to educating users on how to secure their computers against the growing hacker threat.
safegadget.com
When are you doing the next update to your blog?