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Microsoft has announced a crucial advancement in systems security for Windows 11, introducing the "Administrator Protection" feature that promises to tighten defenses against unauthorized system changes and token-theft attacks. With this announcement, Microsoft has doubled down on implementing a...

In a world where cyber threats lurk around every digital corner, Microsoft's latest announcements concerning Windows 11's security enhancements are not just timely—they're crucial. Following the notable CrowdStrike incident, the tech giant has rolled out significant security updates, marking...

AD :Backup operators privileges added to user are getting reflected or applied. The user is added to Backup operators Privilege member group the privileges are not being reflected in CLI . Below are the configuration, Expected, and Actual Privileges. Config: bo user is member of Backup Operators...

I am really stumped on this one. I have a Windows 10 PC with 3 user accounts all of which are admins. One of the admin accounts is the user 500 the one windows makes during install. Everywhere in the operating system command prompt, settings, Computer Management, netplwiz and so forth the user...

This week's episode of Data Exposed Scott welcomes Ron Matchoro, Senior Program Manager at Microsoft on the SQL Server team. Today, Ron introduces us to a new feature just released to Azure SQL Database called Dynamic Data Masking. Dynamic Data Masking is policy-based security feature that...

I just installed a licensed version of Windows 8 Pro and started playing with it. I understand there is a free upgrade to Window 8.1. On the URL Link Removed Microsoft says under the topic "I have Windows 8 Pro. Can I get Windows 8.1?": "Yes, but if you use Windows 8 Pro or Enterprise at work...

Win 8.1 Win 8.1 Every time after a major automatic update through Windows Updater, after rebooting, the computer starts the same process as the last steps when you install a fresh version of Windows 8, that is, you see the multicolor screens one after the other with the message that it's...

I am trying to elevate a command given (in this case just another cmd.exe) if the user is not admin. However i get the error: C:\Users\metul_000>runas /user:administrator cmd.exe Enter the password for administrator: Attempting to start cmd.exe as user "WINDOWS8\administrator" ... RUNAS ERROR...

In earlier versions of Windows we were advised not to login as admin for everyday computing but to login as an ordinary user instead for security reasons. Now I have Windows 8.1 and discovered that I am always "admin" and that in order to create a regular user account it's different. I would...

I need to create a script that deny's all privilages to a folder for all users. the program runs from a hidden directory under individual user accounts is the tricky thing. example User A: did not install the program and cannot see that the program is installed. User B: installed the program and...

I have registered to another Windows forum a week or so ago. That forum is so lack of new questions that I seldom visit it. Today I decided to see what was cooking there. I came upon a thread which I wanted to reply. It was about running out of disk space in Windows8. I wanted to tell the OP...

Severity Rating: Critical Revision Note: V1.0 (September 10, 2013): Bulletin published. Summary: This security update resolves a privately reported vulnerability in Microsoft Windows. The vulnerability could allow remote code execution if a user opens a file that contains a specially crafted OLE...

Original release date: February 01, 2013 | Last revised: February 06, 2013 Systems Affected Any system using Oracle Java including JDK and JRE 7 Update 11 and earlier JDK and JRE 6 Update 38 and earlier JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 38 and earlier SDK and JRE 1.4.2_40 and earlier JavaFX...

I recently installed Windows 7. During installation, there will automatically be a user with administrative privileges. After completing, i created another "Standard User" as I wanted to limit other users for accessing all things. Then i opened the Built in Administrator account (net user...

I've been attempting to diagnose and fix an occasional blue screen crash that I get. I've downloaded windows debugger, but I can't open the mindump files because it says I don't have administrator privileges. I'm the administrator on this computer (It's my personal laptop). Any ideas? I'm...

it is purported that creating a separate admin account then setting your admin acct to a std user helps with warding of malware. In order to do any admin tasks u must enter a PW. The purpose of UAC is to help ward off malware. If set at default, in order to perform admin functions u must...

Hi I am a dad who wants to give his rebellious pre-teen daughter some control on her laptop, like update iTunes or install games, but she cannot do such as a Standard User. I initially setup her laptop with both of us (dad and daughter) as admin users. I wanted to be an admin user to help...

Hi all. I am trying to install Microsoft Network Framework v.4 (x64) and I keep getting error "Final Result: Installation failed with error code: (0x80070643), "Fatal error during installation. " (Elapsed time: 0 00:01:01)." The exact log file is attached: OS Version Information: OS...

Hi, I've been using a MS Sidewinder keyboard with the Intellitype software and I got my macro keys assigned and working fine. However if a program is right-clicked and "run as admin" then the macro buttons will not work due to missing elevation of privileges for the intellitype processes...

There is a BIG bug in UAC password prompts and "Run as Administrator"!!! Accessing files/folders Well, first problem is accessing other users' files/folders! Until recently I had only one Administrator User, but I created a Standard User for safer daily use. I have all my documents in the...