In this guide, I will discuss how to Harden Active Directory Using CIS Benchmark and MSCT 1.0. IT infrastructure security has become an essential priority for any organization. In this context, the Active Directory (AD) domain represents the core of identity management, permissions, and network resources. Please, see “An account with the same name exists…
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In this article i will showing you how to Configure Windows device inactivity limit locally and domain wide. Due to security reasons, it is now important that your computer screen is locked when the system is inactive or idle for some time. Please see How to access shared resources from two different domains, How to…
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In this article, we shall be leveraging Zero Trust to harden the Veeam Backup Server with Microsoft AppLocker. Zero Trust principles include explicit verification, minimal privilege access, and assuming breach. Please see how to Configure Multiple IP Addresses on a Single or Multiple NICs, and “Demystifying Zero Trust with Veeam: Design your Architecture“. AppLocker enables…
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In Part 1 of the article, I demonstrate how to grant local admin permissions to a group on a domain computer in Windows Server using Group Policy and manually using the Windows Command Prompt and PowerShell. This is helpful when you want to give some users administrator access to domain computers without giving them domain…
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Group Policy Management Console (GPMC) will help System Administrators to manage Group Policy Objects (GPOs) from a single console. In this guide, I will be showing you how to install a group policy management console on Windows 11. Please see What Happens if You Turn Off Your Computer During an Update, How to Fix The Virtual Desktop…
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Windows 11 offers a useful feature called “Find My Device” that helps track and locate a lost or stolen computer. However, there might be scenarios where you want to prevent others from changing or disabling this feature on your Windows 11 system. In this comprehensive guide, we will explore two methods to lock the “Find…
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In this article, we will be discussing how to display interactive logon messages for Windows PCs via GPO. We will be discussing two specific policies and implementing them via the Group Policy Object (GPO) and Windows Registry. They are “The Interactive logon: Message text for users attempting to log on and Interactive logon: Message title for users attempting…
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Group Policy is a Windows feature that contains a variety of advanced settings. The Local Group Policy Editor is an inbuilt tool used by System Administrators to make changes to Windows in order to behave in a certain way. The changes sometimes affect the system immediately when the “gpupdate” command is run. In this article, you…
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Group Policy Editor is where I make most of my changes to Windows 11 and 10. Lately, I’ve gotten the error message “Failed to open the Group Policy Object on this computer. You might not have the appropriate rights.” whenever I try to access it using the Run prompt or Control Panel. This error can…
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Chrome notifications have become a ubiquitous part of the web browsing experience, with many websites sending notifications to keep users engaged and informed. However, while notifications can be a useful tool, they can also become distracting, invasive, and even harmful to our privacy. First, notifications can be incredibly distracting, constantly pulling us away from the…
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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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In this article, you will learn how to install Group Policy Templates for Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome browsers on Windows. Group Policy allows administrators to define security policies for users and for computers. When you install Microsoft Edge and Google Chrome with the on-premise tools you can enforce policies that will guide the use…
The Group Policy Editor is a tool that IT administrators can use on Windows 10 and 11 to modify advanced (system and app) settings to regulate and restrict the environment for users to adhere to organizational policies. Additionally, more experienced users frequently utilize the tool to modify the desktop environment by activating and removing specific…
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