Microsoft has quietly tightened Windows 11’s security model, and the latest change is already raising eyebrows.

A new study from BeyondTrust, a software developer focused on solutions for managing privileges in Windows, has some interesting results for organizations that have made the switch to Windows 7. The ...

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 ...

Sometimes, we need to launch applications on our system with elevated privileges. We can do so by selecting the Run as Administrator option in the right-click context menu for a particular application ...

Revoking administrative rights from machines can mitigate attacks against most critical Microsoft vulnerabilities and in more than half of all vulnerabilities in Microsoft software, a new report ...

Around the same time Microsoft released Windows 11 24H2 to the general public, the company also began testing a new security feature called Administrator protection in the Canary channel. Bypassing ...

Patching software is important, but there are often good reasons why it can’t happen right away. A recent analysis of Microsoft’s 2015 security bulletins shows that restricting account privileges ...

The Windows Control Panel allows you to control all the settings for your computer. Microsoft is planning to move all these controls over to Windows Settings, but I guess that will still take some ...

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 ...