When you trying to run an exe, msi, bat, cmd or other executable type of files from a local drive or network folder in Windows, you can see this warning:…
When a domain user logs on to Windows, their credentials are saved on a local computer by default (Cached Credentials: a user name and a password hash). This allows the…
The broadcast protocols NetBIOS over TCP/IP and LLMNR are used in most modern networks only for compatibility with legacy Windows versions. Both protocols are susceptible to spoofing and MITM attacks.…
Information security best practices require the computer screen to be locked when the user is inactive (idle) for some time. A Windows user can lock the computer screen themselves (using…
The password policy in an Active Directory domain specifies basic security requirements for user account passwords, such as password complexity, length, frequency of password changes, and so on. A strong…
Shared network folders from file servers can be made available to domain users as network drives using Group Policy. GPO allows configuring flexible rules to automatically map network drives based…
In this article, we’ll take a look at how to centrally configure proxy settings on Windows 10 computers in a domain using Group Policy. Most popular browsers (such as Microsoft…
To apply new local or domain Group Policy (GPO) settings to a Windows computer, the Group Policy Client (gpsvc) service must read the policy files and apply the setting to…
There are several different tools to get information about the time of a user logon to an Active Directory domain. The time of the last successful user authentication in an…
Thumbs.db (thumbnail cache) is a hidden system file that is automatically created by the Windows File Explorer in folders containing image and video files when the thumbnail preview mode is…