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Guide to Securing Microsoft Windows XP

Guide to Securing Microsoft Windows XP
Table of Contents Table of Contents. vi Table of Figures
Table of Tables. xi Chapter
1 Important Information on Using this Guide. 1 Assumptions .
1 Warnings to Review Before Using this Guide . 2 Conventions and Commonly Used Terms .
2 Users and Authenticated Users. 2 System Variables. 3 Administrative Tools location.
3 About the Guide to Securing Microsoft Windows XP. 3 Chapter 2 What’s New in Windows XP Security .
 7Changes to Security Features.
- Everyone group membership .
 -Administrative ownership.
 -Installation of printers .
 -Blank password restriction.
-Convert.exe .
8 Subsystems .
 -Encrypting File System.
- New Security Features .
- Software Restriction Policies .
 -Stored user names and passwords .

9 New Service Accounts  9 LocalSystem Account . 9 Network Service Account . 9 Local Service Account . 10 Chapter 3 Introduction to the Security Configuration Manager Tools. 11 Security Configuration Functionality. 12 The Security Configuration GUI . 12 The Security Configuration Command Line Tool . 12 Security Templates. 13 Loading the Security Templates Snap-in into the MMC. 13 Viewing the Text of Security Templates . 14 Security Configuration Files. 14 Default Security Templates .
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