Microsoft® Windows® 7 Administration: Instant Reference

Chapter 8

Managing Security

In this chapter, you will learn to:

• Manage Security Configurations
• Create and Apply LGPOs
• Configure User Account Control
• Use the Advanced Security Options
• Configure the Action Center
• Use Windows Defender
• Use BitLocker Drive Encryption

One of the most important tasks that anyone can perform on a system is protecting and securing the machine. Windows 7 offers a wide variety of security options.

If the Windows 7 computer is part of a domain, you can apply security through a Group Policy Object using the Group Policy Management Console. If the Windows 7 computer is not part of a domain, you use Local Group Policy Objects to manage local security.

In the first part of this chapter, you will learn about the various Windows ...