In this article, I will show you how to display logon banners for Windows PCs via Windows Registry. Oftentimes, users undermine the importance of security practices. However, the display of a warning message before signing in helps prevent an attack or warn malicious or uninformed users about the consequences of their actions before it happens….
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In this guide, I will be showing you how to back up and restore the registry in Windows. It’s very easy to go into your Windows Registry and make several adjustments but the fact remains that your system registry is very delicate to play with, any mistake on the Windows Registry can make your system…
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The Windows Registry is a critical database that stores configuration settings for the operating system, hardware, and installed applications. Making incorrect changes to the Registry can have severe consequences, leading to irreversible damage to your system. Therefore, it’s essential to exercise caution when accessing and modifying the Registry. In this guide, we will explore two…
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Developer tools are a feature on every browser for performing tasks like viewing HTML tags, Javascript, and CSS and you can instantly make some changes and see the effect on the front-end. In this article, I will be showing you how to disable the developer tools in Microsoft Edge if you decide to do that….
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Remote Defender Credential Guide was introduced in Windows 10 version 1607 to be precise. It helps safeguard (protect) your credentials over a Remote Desktop connection by redirecting Kerberos requests back to the device that’s requesting the connection. It also provides single sign-on experiences for Remote Desktop sessions. In this guide, you will learn how to…
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When hackers or bad actors attack, they attempt to disable security measures on your systems, such as antivirus protection. Bad actors like to disable your security measures to gain easy access to your data, install malware, or otherwise abuse your data, identity, and devices. In this article, you will learn how to Tamper Protection for…
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Adding Registry Keys via DISM in Windows involves modifying the default Windows install image, the install.wim file, which includes servicing an offline image, mounting an image, and committing changes made to the image. The offline image is serviced using DISM (Deployment Image Servicing and Management), a native Windows program. DISM is a command-line program for…
In this guide, we will look at using the Windows Registry and Group Policy editor to disable Bing search, so if the Registry method does not work, you can fall back on the Group Policy Editor method. Microsoft opted to combine Bing Search with the File Explorer search bar in Windows 10, which resulted in…
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A Screensaver is a computer software program that blanks the screen with moving images or patterns when the computer is not in use. In this article, we will learn how to Prevent Windows Users from changing the Screen Saver via the Registry Settings. The original purpose of screensavers was to prevent phosphor burn-in on CRT. Though…
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The Registry Editor is an advanced tool for viewing and modifying settings in the registry. This information contains information about how your computer runs etc. Windows stores its configuration information in a database called the registry in a tree format. In this article, you will learn how to fix the Unable to import Windows Reg…
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Transport Layer Security (TLS) is a protocol that provides communications over a computer network, typically between a website and a browser. for your information. The primary goal of TLS is to provide a secure channel between two communicating peers and the only requirement from the underlying transport is a reliable, in-order data stream. Specifically, the…
An elevation of privilege vulnerability exists because of overly permissive Access Control Lists (ACLs) on multiple system files. Including the Security Accounts Manager (SAM) database. An attacker who successfully exploited this vulnerability could run arbitrary code with SYSTEM privileges. An attacker could then install programs; view, change, or delete data. Or create new accounts with…
The Registry Editor is an advanced tool for viewing and modifying settings in the registry. This information contains information about how your computer runs etc. See the following hyperlinks for some Windows Registry contents I have written. What is Registry Editor and how to access the registry hives, how to Implement Split-Brain DNS Policies in…
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