Specifications

Renaming Built-In Accounts for Better Security..........................405
Using the Guest Account to Give Folks Temporary Access
............406
Determining Who Is Logged On
..............................................407
19 Implementing Network Security 409
Configuring Windows 7 for Secure Networking
.................................410
Making Sure Password-Protected Sharing Is Enabled
...................410
Deactivating the Sharing Wizard
.............................................410
Setting Sharing Permissions on Shared Folders
..................................411
Setting Security Permissions on Shared Folders
..................................414
Hiding Your Shared Folders
............................................................415
Disabling the Hidden Administrative Shares
.....................................417
Removing Stored Remote Desktop Credentials
...................................418
Preventing Users from Logging On at Certain Times
...........................420
Setting a User’s Logon Hours
..................................................421
Automatically Logging Off a User When the
Logon Hours Expire
............................................................422
20 Tightening Wireless Network Security 423
Displaying the Router’s Setup Pages
.................................................424
Entering the Router’s IP Address
..............................................424
Using the Network Window
...................................................426
Specifying a New Administrative Password
.......................................428
Positioning the Access Point for Maximum Security
...........................428
Encrypting Wireless Signals with WPA
.............................................430
Changing the Wireless Connection Security Properties
................431
Disabling Network SSID Broadcasting
..............................................432
Connecting to a Hidden Wireless Network
................................434
Changing the Default SSID
............................................................435
Enabling MAC Address Filtering
......................................................436
Getting the MAC Address of Your Wireless NIC
.........................437
21 Troubleshooting and Recovering from Problems 439
Troubleshooting Strategies: Determining the Source of a Problem
.........440
Did You Get an Error Message?
...............................................440
Does an Error or Warning Appear in the Event Viewer Logs?
........441
Does an Error Appear in System Information?
...........................442
Did You Recently Edit the Registry?
.........................................442
Did You Recently Change Any Windows Settings?
......................442
Did Windows 7 “Spontaneously” Reboot?
.................................442
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