In "Keys to the Kingdom," I invited input on whether or not you permitted users in your network to have local admin rights on their desktops. To date I've received more than a hundred replies that run ...

There is a growing problem in the world of Facebook Pages. It is becoming known that administrators can remove the original creator's administrator rights. In many cases, this can result in years of ...

The removal of administrative rights to employees' endpoint devices such as desktops and laptops is not a foolproof security solution and unrealistic in today's era of IT consumerization. Rather, risk ...

Microsoft's August 2025 Windows Security Update is causing pain for administrators after a fix for a vulnerability led to some unintended consequences.… The fix was related to CVE-2025-50173, which ...

You can enable Administrator Protection in Windows 11 for a more secure experience via the following methods: Windows Security Local Security Policy Local Group ...

Enterprises are notoriously slow at migrating to new operating systems – in fact, Nomura Securities’ analyst Rick Sherlund has recently lowered his projection for Microsoft revenue in the current year ...

In the 20-plus years I’ve spent consulting, hand-holding, troubleshooting and securing networks one of the most frequently asked questions I hear from business leaders is “How do I keep sensitive data ...

I need to check if the currently logged-on user (NT, 2000, XP) had admin privileges by checking a registry key. Is this even possible? <BR><BR>Actually, I need to check if the user can install ...

After tabulating all the vulnerabilities published in Microsoft's 2009 Security Bulletins, it turns out 90 percent of the vulnerabilities can be mitigated by configuring users to operate without ...

Running a Windows computer as a restricted/limited/standard user is much like exercising and eating green vegetables; it’s the right thing to do, but not enough people do it. In large part, I feel ...