Windows® 7 Desktop Support and Administration: Real World Skills for MCITP Certification and Beyond

11.5. Summary

Security is an important concern for any computer, including Windows 7 computers. Thankfully, you have a wealth of tools you can use to enhance security in Windows 7 computers.

User Account Control provides a significant improvement in security by separating the actions requiring administrative permissions from actions requiring regular user permissions. It helps prevent malware from making unapproved changes to a system computer and can be controlled with Group Policy.

Group Policy also provides a wealth of security settings that can be used to control the behavior of Windows 7 systems within a domain. Some of the settings are the same as they have been in previous operating systems. Some, like the settings in NTLM and Kerberos ...