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How To Change User Access Rights In Windows Home Server 2011

After one has successfully started a Windows Home Server 2011, a question might arise regarding changing user access rights. For instance, it might be wise to give administrative privileges to a novice user in the family. In this post we will tell you how to configure user access right in Windows Home Server 2011 aka [...] (more…)

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User Password Change, Deactivation & Password Policy In Windows Home Server 2011

User password change, deactivation and password policy is always an important feature in servers. As users are bound to forget their passwords or end up having expired accounts. User deactivation is also convenient to temporarily disable certain user accounts for security purposes. Password policies for user accounts also hold great importance for network security, however, [...] (more…)

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Add Unix, Linux And Mac OS Users To Active Directory With Likewise

Some offices and educational institutions run multiple operating systems within the same premises. For example, the physics lab in a university might prefer using Linux based operating systems whereas, the library might have Windows based systems as they are more widely used. Managing users and computers under separate servers can fragment resources and reduce their [...] (more…)

Two Ways To Fine Tune Windows 7 UAC

User Account Control (UAC) is a great security feature which was  initially implemented by Microsoft in Windows Vista. Windows 7 is laced with some noteworthy improvements with respect to UAC, as compared to Vista. Lets discuss how we can fine tune Windows 7 UAC. (more…)

Windows 7 UAC (User Account Control)

The User Account Control (UAC) concept was first introduced by Microsoft in Windows Vista. UAC in Windows Vista prompted the software applications or processes which intended to access the system resources for the administrative right. Although the sole purpose of this was to enhance the security of Windows, but this features turned out to be [...] (more…)

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Get Complete Control Over Windows Vista UAC(User Account Control)

In Windows 7 the User Account Control is quite easy to set up, but if you want to disable UAC in Windows Vista then you can do so by going deep inside Control Panel and also through Registry Editing. UACController is simple and free UAC tweaking tool for Windows that lets you disable, switch to [...] (more…)

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How To Disable/Turn Off User Account Control (UAC) In Windows Vista

UAC or User Access Control is a new feature of Windows Vista that is meant to enhance the security of your system. Each time an application is installed or whenever an important system change is made by the user or by a running process, the screen is blacked out and temporarily disabled and a dialog [...] (more…)