Questions and answers for Network Security Restrictions.

Network Security Restrictions.

Options affect the whole PC.

• How to Hide User Accounts from the Logon Screen? - This option can be used to hide specific user accounts from the logon screen, without removing them completely. Selected accounts will also be hidden from the User Accounts of the Control Panel.
• How to Hide Options on Logon Dialog Box? - This setting controls whether the options to enter a domain or to log on using a dial-up connection are shown on the Windows logon box.
• How to Disable Shutdown from Authentication Dialog Box? - When this setting is enabled a [Shutdown] button is not displayed in authentication dialog box when the system first starts. This does not allow you to shutdown a system without logging in.
• How to Require Users to Press Ctrl+Alt+Delete Before Logon? - This setting controls whether users are required to press Ctrl + Alt + Delete as a security precaution before logging into the system.
• How to Disable Multiple User Sessions and Fast User Switching? - By default, Windows XP gives you an ability to switch between users without logging off that keeps all active users on your PC with all started processes and programs. On a heavy used system this can be both a security threat and performance drop. This option disables multiple user sessions and fast user switching on your PC.
• How to Force Using Classic Login Window? - This setting forces using classic type of logon screen, and disables the Windows XP welcome screen.
• How to Remove the Hand Icon for Shared Resources? - Normally when you share a local resource on the network a hand icon is placed under the item to show it is shared. With this tweak you can remove the icon.
• How to Remove the Hand Icon for Shared Resources? - Normally when you share a local resource on the network a hand icon is placed under the item to show it is shared. With this tweak you can remove the icon.
• How to Disable Automatic Windows Updates? - This option disables automatic Windows update feature
• How to Don't Display Last User Name? - Enabling this key will blank the username box on the logon screen. Preventing people that are logging on from knowing the last user on the system.
• How to Don't Display Last User Name? - Enabling this key will blank the username box on the logon screen. Preventing people that are logging on from knowing the last user on the system.
• How to Use Active Authentication for Unlock and Screen Saver? - This setting controls whether a full login should be performed when a workstation is unlocked or a password is used with the screen saver. Normally Windows will not check some settings such as whether the account has been locked out.
• How to Disable Network Messenger Service? - Normally, the Messenger service is used to transmit net send and Alerter service messages between hosts on a network. Recently it has been employed by spammers for sending unsolicited advertising popups (SPAM) over the Internet. Use this option to disable this service.
• How to Disable File and Printer Sharing? - When file and printer sharing is installed it allows users to make services available to other users on a network, this functionality can be disabled by changing this setting.
• How to Securing Network Access to CD-ROM Drives? - This setting determines whether data in the CD-ROM drive is accessible to other users. This value entry satisfies, in part, the C2 security requirement that you must be able to secure removable media. Because the CD-ROM drive is a volume, by default, it is shared as an administrative share on the network. If the option is on, the CD-ROM drive is allocated to the user as part of the interactive logon process and, therefore, only the current user can access it. This prevents administrators and remote users (and even the same user at a different workstation) from accessing the drive while the current user is logged on to the computer. The drive is shared again when the current user logs off the computer.
• How to Securing Network Access to Floppy Drives? - This setting determines whether data in the floppy disk drive is accessible to other users. This value entry satisfies, in part, the C2 security requirement that you must be able to secure removable media. Because the floppy disk drive is a volume, by default it is shared as an administrative share on the network. If the option is on, the floppy disk drive is allocated to the user as part of the interactive logon process and, therefore, only the current user can access it. This prevents administrators and remote users (and even the same user at a different workstation) from accessing the drive while the current user is logged on. The drive is shared again when the current user logs off.
• How to Secure Access to Removable Drives? - This setting determines whether data in the direct access storage device (DASD) is accessible to other users. This value entry satisfies, in part, the C2 security requirement that you must be able to secure removable media. Because the DASD is a volume, by default it is shared as an administrative share on the network. If the option is on, the DASD is allocated to the user as part of the interactive logon process and, therefore, only the current user can access it. This prevents administrators and remote users (and even the same user at a different workstation) from accessing the DASD while the current user is logged on. The DASD is shared again when the current user logs off.
• How to Hiding Servers from the Browser List? - If you have a secure server or workstation you wish to hide from the general browser list, add this registry setting.
• How to Disable Password Caching? - Normally Windows caches a copy of the users password on the local system to allow for additional automation, this leads to a possible security threat on some systems. Disabling caching means the users passwords are not cached locally. This setting also removes the second Windows password screen and also remove the possibility of networks passwords to get out of sync.
• How to Disable Caching of Domain Password? - Enabling this setting disables the caching of the domain passwords, and therefore passwords are required to be re-entered to access any additional domain resources.
• How to Require Alphanumeric Windows Password? - Windows by default will accept anything as a password, including nothing. This setting controls whether Windows will require a alphanumeric password, i.e. a password made from a combination of alpha (A, B, C...) and numeric (1, 2 ,3 ...) characters.
• How to Hide Share Passwords with Asterisks? - This setting controls whether the password typed when accessing a file share is shown in clear text or as asterisks.
• How to Disable Automatic Hidden Shares? - When networking has been installed on a Windows NT machine, it will automatically create hidden shares to the local disk drives. The shares are normally accessed via \server\c$ and \server\d$ depending on the drive letter. It is possible to disable the sharing at run-time, but this tweak will stop the automatic sharing altogether.
• How to Disable the Ability to Remotely Shutdown the Computer Browser Service? - It is possible for a malicious user to shut down a computer browser, or all computer browsers, on the same subnet. If all of the computers on the same subnet are shut down, they can then declare their own computer the new master browser.
• How to Restricting Information Available to Anonymous Logon Users? - Windows NT has a feature where anonymous logon users can list domain user names and enumerate share names. Customers who want enhanced security have requested the ability to optionally restrict this functionality.
• How to Disable Credentials and .NET Passwords Saving? - This setting lets you disable saving of authentication credentials and .NET passwords on the local system. By turning this feature on, passwords will not be saved anymore.
• How to Disable Web Printing? - This restriction enables and disables server support for Internet printing. Internet printing lets you display printers on Web pages so they can be viewed, managed, and used across the Internet or an intranet.

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