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Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2: Microsoft included a user interface to change User Account Control settings, and introduced one new notification mode: the default setting. By default, UAC does not prompt for consent when users make changes to Windows settings that require elevated permission through programs stored in %SystemRoot% and ...
Kon-Boot was originally designed as a proof of concept, freeware security tool, mostly for people who tend to forget their passwords. The main idea was to allow users to login to the target computer without knowing the correct password and without making any persistent changes to system on which it is executed.
Essentially granting a user with enough ability, experience, and familiarity with both the cracking utility software and the security routines of the Windows NT kernel (as well as offline and immediate local access to the target computer) the capability to entirely bypass or remove the Windows account passwords from a potential target computer.
User Account Control uses a combination of heuristic scanning and "application manifests" to determine if an application requires administrator privileges. [19] Manifest files, first introduced with Windows XP, are XML files with the same name as the application and a suffix of ".manifest", e.g. Notepad.exe.manifest. When an application is ...
One thing was true until Windows 7: the user shouldn't use the Admin account all the time. It needed to have a normal-account for day-to-day use, and an admin account only for making system changes. But with UAC, even and admin need to "authorize" applications to make changes, without this need of logging out and logging in again.
Stored User Names and Passwords (keymgr.dll) (control.exe /name microsoft.credentialmanager) (Renamed "Credential Manager" in Windows 7 and later) This is used to view and edit logon credentials for servers, websites and programs. System (Sysdm.cpl) This is used to view and change core system settings, a user can for instance:
Windows grants privileges and access to resources based on access control lists (ACLs). Each entry on the list defines one SID and a set of permissions for that SID. When a user logs into a PC, Windows generates an access token that contains the user SID, the group SIDs to which the user account belongs, and the user privilege level. When a ...
control.exe: Windows 1.0: Device Manager: Allows the user to display and control the hardware attached to the computer, and control what device drivers are used devmgmt.msc: Windows 95: Windows Mobility Center: Centralizes the most relevant information related to mobile computing mblctr.exe: Windows Vista: Security and Maintenance