Production Environments 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
11 Jan 2012
Specifying Logon Hours When Users Can Use Windows 8
What is Parental Control? Parental Control feature was first introduced with the release of Microsoft Windows 7 and is now carried forward to Microsoft Windows 8 as well. Parental Control allows administrators to restrict access to specified websites, applications, games, etc. Moreover, Microsoft Windows 8 also allows administrators to configure the operating system so that
11 Jan 2012
Managing Windows Firewall in Windows 8
What is a Firewall? Firewall is a software application and in some cases it is a hardware device that is installed inside the operating system or at the demilitarized zone (DMZ) of the network in order to restrict access to the internal network from any outsider or hacker. Firewall can be considered a gatekeeper of
10 Jan 2012
Locking Out Accounts in Windows 8
What is Account Lockout? When users try to provide their credentials on Windows 8 or any other operating system and fail to logon because of mistyping or ignorance, after several attempts the user account on which multiple attempts were made gets locked out for a specific duration. This process is knows as Account Lockout. This
10 Jan 2012
Enforcing Windows 8 Computer to Accept Complex Passwords
What is a Complex Password? A complex password is the one which is hard to guess because of the confusing characters used while specifying it. An example of complex password can be Pa$d&^*(). This means that a complex password must contain any three of the four datatype combinations and is a composition of minimum one
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
09 Jan 2012
Adding User Account to Administrators Group in Windows 8
What is a Group? A group in any operating system is a logical container that can contain other groups and user accounts in it. Sole purpose of a group is to simplify administrative tasks by providing administrators single click management when it comes to security and assigning permissions. Although permissions on any object can be
05 Jan 2012
Installing VMware Workstation 8
What is VMware Workstation 8? VMware Workstation 8 is a software application that allows users to create virtual machines and install other operating systems like Linux, UNIX, Windows, Solaris, etc. inside those virtual machines. Virtual machines are the virtual computers which reside inside the physical computers and work as real computers with almost identical features