In my Tech Insight article in November, I discussed the issue of managing privileged accounts within an enterprise. One area I didn't really touch on was how to protect the local administrator ...

During Setup, the first account you create is a local administrator and can be used for recovery purposes. If you need to sign on to Windows from Safe Mode or the Recovery Environment, you can use the ...

Windows administrators have a problem — passwords. Specifically, administrator passwords that lurk out there, identical across machines, just ready to be compromised. But there is finally a solution ...

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 ...

Waltham, MA – December 11, 2012 – The free Local Admin Discovery Tool from Viewfinity (www.viewfinity.com), the innovator of privilege management solutions, allows organizations to discover user ...

Microsoft’s Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) enables local admin passwords to be set, reset and validated periodically. Here is how to make the best use of LAPS. Passwords have always been ...

Windows includes a built-in Administrator account, sometimes referred to as the Super Administrator account, which is often targeted by computer hackers and malware with malicious intent. It may, ...

For example: An application administrator needs to be able to install and maintain their application. Or an operator needs to run a batch that regularly establishes an ssh connection, and ...