The Windows login screen is the gateway to your computer, and it often displays the last user who logged in by default. However, this can pose security risks and may not always be ideal for shared or public computers. In this comprehensive guide, we will explore various methods to customize the user display on the…
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The digital revolution, remote work, and the cloud have advanced the evolution of two-factor authentication and multi-factor authentication, and single sign-on (SSO) solutions. SSO is all about providing users with access to their resources through a single sign-on authentication. 2FA and Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) are similar in that they both add a second layer of…
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Prior to now, you may not know that you can create longer and more complex PINs with 6 to 12 digits even more and you can also have a mixture of letters and special characters which is different from the standard and regular 4-digit PIN. In this article, you will learn how to increase Windows…
For best practice purposes, users are required to authenticate before logging on to a Linux device. This helps in ensuring that sensitive and personal information on the device is safe. But, if you are sure that the Linux system is placed in a secure environment and can be adequately monitored, then you can enable automatic…
Single sign-on (SSO) is an identification method that enables users to log in to multiple applications and websites with one set of credentials. SSO streamlines the authentication process for users. After configuring Pass-Through Authentication (PTA) as discussed in the hyperlink, you may run into several user sign-in issues. In this guide, you will learn how to…
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In this article, you will learn about the different Windows Logon Types. Logon Types are logged in the Logon Type field of logon events for every successful and failed login). These events appear in the Windows event log and help in analyzing the various logon types. The following logon types are supported in the Windows…
In this article, we shall discuss how to Prevent on-screen keyboard from starting automatically and from appearing at login. The On-Screen keyboard is an accessibility feature built into Windows that can be utilized whenever the physical keyboard on your computer is malfunctioning. See how to enable or disable Touch Screen (by finger) in Windows 10, How…
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SAML which refers to Security Assertion Markup Language is a standard that defines how providers can offer both authentication and authorisation services. For other articles on simpleSAML, see the following link below https://techdirectarchive.com/?s=simplesaml The Security Assertion Markup Language (SAML), is an open standard which simply allows user credentials to be shared by multiple computers across…
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