Q. We have three company computers running Windows 7, and we can access them with user accounts. However, no one knows those computers’ administrative passwords, which is preventing us from connecting ...

The Windows User Account Control has mostly remained the same since Windows 7. This important security feature ensures that certain system changes that may be harmful to your computer require ...

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Microsoft plans to release a major security enhancement to Windows 11 that promises to prevent breaches from threat actors using stolen credentials. The new Administrator Protection feature is an ...

Q: How do I access the real Administrator account in Windows 7? A: As you know, the User Account Control (UAC) system is the heart and soul of the security system in Microsoft Windows 7. It is ...

I wrote a few weeks ago about changes Microsoft has made to Windows 7’s User Account Control (UAC) that make the component less secure than it was in Vista. Though the company has responded by saying ...

A malfunctioning ATM in Manchester has displayed a Windows 7 login screen instead of a PIN prompt, exposing legacy systems ...

Microsoft has shared more details about the new Windows 11 administrator protection security feature, which is available in preview and uses Windows Hello authentication prompts to block access to ...

A reactivated built-in Administrator account will be automatically deactivated when upgrading from Windows 10 version 1803 to Windows 10 version 1809 according to a post published on Microsoft's ...

Windows 7 treats accounts with administrative privileges differently from actual admin accounts. Though they can perform most of the actions that admin accounts can, other accounts with administrative ...