This single action could save your Win10 PC from external threats This article describes how to change the built-in Administrator account name in Windows 10 to bolster your computer's security. We'll ...

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 ...

I've used the search, I swear!<BR>All I could find was this totally similar request but sadly no solution was given.<BR><BR>So we have a student down here that needs to be given admin rights over IIS ...

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 ...

Microsoft's August 2025 Windows Security Update is causing pain for administrators after a fix for a vulnerability led to some unintended consequences.… The fix was related to CVE-2025-50173, which ...

DesktopStandard last week released software that helps corporations secure end-user desktops by controlling the privileges they have on their own PCs on an application-by-application basis. The ...

Something like 95 percent of all business computer users run as Administrator or root on their computer all the time. I applaud the businesses who have successfully removed elevated privileges from ...

Running a Windows computer as a restricted/limited/standard user is much like exercising and eating green vegetables; it’s the right thing to do, but not enough people do it. In large part, I feel ...