Chapter 3. Managing Computer Security

Managing Computer Security

Chapter 3 at a Glance

In this chapter you will learn to:

  • ✓ Change your computer’s name.

  • ✓ Create, modify, and delete user accounts.

  • ✓ Set user account passwords.

  • ✓ Represent user accounts with pictures.

  • ✓ Enable multiple people to log on simultaneously.

  • ✓ Analyze your computer’s security.

  • ✓ Configure Internet security zones.

  • ✓ Configure Windows Firewall

In the old days, computers were isolated, and the only way to get information from one to another was to transfer it on a floppy disk. With the advent of networks, information transfer became easier, but so did the possibility that the information stored on a computer ...

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