Operating Systems Archive
12 Jan 2012
Managing NTFS Permissions in Windows 8
What Are NTFS Permissions? NTFS permissions are the privileges which are given on any object for local or domain users. NTFS permissions can be applied on object only if the object resides in the partition that has been formatted with NTFS file system. NTFS permissions provide more flexible and granular configuration options as compared to
10 Jan 2012
Renaming Built-In Administrator Account in Windows 8
What is Administrator Account? An administrator account in Windows 8 is a built-in account that is automatically created during the installation of Windows 8 operating system. By default built-in Administrator is disabled right from the beginning for security reasons and Microsoft strongly recommends that it must not be enabled whatsoever. However it is also suggested
10 Jan 2012
Restrict Access to Control Panel in Microsoft Windows 8
What is Control Panel? Control Panel in any version of Microsoft-based operating system can be considered a machine room for a submarine from where almost every configuration can be modified and managed. Right from the release of Microsoft Windows 95 to the release of Microsoft Windows 8 Developer Preview Control Panel has proved to be
08 Jan 2012
Enabling Built-In Administrator Account in Windows 8
What is Built-In Administrator Account? In pre-Windows Vista operating systems like Microsoft Windows XP or before, built-in Administrator account was by default enabled and used to have unrestricted privileges to the entire operating system. Administrators of any computer in such operating systems were allowed to install, uninstall, add or remove user accounts, and modify system
07 Jan 2012
Disabling User Account Control (UAC) in Windows 8
What is User Account Control or UAC? User Account Control or UAC is the feature that was first introduced with the release of Microsoft Windows Vista and was carried forward to Microsoft Windows 7 and now is also integrated in Windows 8. User Account Control adds an additional layer of security to the operating systems