As mentioned in the previous article, protect your computer, you must be a computer expert. You need not even much money on PC security issue. Today we are very simple ways, some to secure your computer by some freeware, and simple system tweaks present. We have three common intelligent way also "Windows Security Center as a starting point on your computer", "Accept Windows Defender as a diagnostic tool on PC" and "Turning to bi-directional firewall protection", now are we 3 simple ways to your computer keep safe the other to introduce.
1. Disable the start menu on your computer
Windows Start menu is a very useful feature, PC users access to all program fast on the Windows Start menu to be. Somehow, it provides PC users a convenient way.
But like everything has two sides. The start menu makes it also possible your privacy to others available make or strangers if you join the release within an Office or a budget. Windows Vista is so sweet to give us a very easy way to turn this setting off. The steps are shown as described below:
a. right click on the taskbar of the computer and select Properties.
b. in the start menu tab.
c. disable the item store and shows a list of recently opened files.
d. and then disable the item store and shows a list of recently opened programs.
Click e. Finally click OK to complete the settings.
2. Prohibit unwanted guests to your computer
If you have authorized your computer with other parts, some unwanted guests can try, visit your computer and access to your personal data or applications by guessing a your system administrator password. It is very dangerous for your privacy. And if some users to choose from, and you declare a user as an administrator with full permissions, Windows Vista allow unlimited guesses the password which has been an outsider.
To secure your computer, please follow that like to tip below, in order to limit these assumptions:
Click on start and type local security policy.
Click account lockout policy.
Choose from the option account lockout threshold.
Now enter the number of invalid logins (e.g. 3) accept
Press the OK button to complete.
3. Audit attackers on your PC
Open as mentioned in the top 2 in the account lockout policy, you must account to monitor attacks. Follow the steps below, you can enable auditing for failed logon events:
a. a. go to start, type secpol.msc, and then click secpol click.
b. click on local policies, and audit policy one by one.
c. account logon events audit policy, right click and select Properties.
d. Select the error and then press OK.
e. the logon policy events audits right click and select Properties.
f. check box you the faile, and then press OK.
g. close you vs. the Windows local security policy to end.
Running eventvwr.msc, which find protocols under Windows logs, and security event viewer can you see open.
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