You can still technically get at the domain credentials, but its harder, and it will be difficult to use over the network without cracking it. If someone or some program breaches the local admin ...

What Are Shadow Admins in AD? A common problem we encounter within many customer AD environments are accounts that, at first ...

The Windows security updates, especially for servers from April, have partly severe side effects. Some Windows servers ...

Grant local admin privileges to domain account by adding it to the administrators group on the local machine. I am running a network of hundreds of computers with Windows XP Pro clients and Windows ...

Got a Windows, Exchange or virtualization question or need troubleshooting help? Or maybe you want a better explanation than provided in the manuals? Describe your dilemma in an e-mail to the ...

System Windows XP<BR><BR>I have a program that I installed under domain user JohnClark. The program did not install because it needed admin rights. So I did Run As and gave the local admin credentials ...

After reading my column, "Local Admin Password Problem," a couple of readers contacted me with their own solutions to automating password changes. These solutions are far too good for me to keep to ...

Microsoft is urging customers to patch two Active Directory domain controller bugs after a PoC tool was publicly released on Dec. 12. A proof-of-concept tool has been published that leverages two ...

Microsoft Exchange 2013 and newer versions are vulnerable to a privilege escalation attack that gives anyone with a mailbox a way to gain domain administrator rights at potentially 90% of ...

Microsoft warned customers today to patch two Active Directory domain service privilege escalation security flaws that, when combined, allow attackers to easily takeover Windows domains. Redmond's ...