Computer Support/Security/Windows

This lesson covers Windows operating systems security.

Objectives and Skills
Objectives and skills for the operating systems security portion of A+ certification include:
 * Compare and contrast differences of basic Windows OS security settings.
 * User and groups
 * Administrator
 * Power user
 * Guest
 * Standard user
 * NTFS vs. Share permissions
 * Allow vs. deny
 * Moving vs. copying folders and files
 * File attributes
 * Shared files and folders
 * Administrative shares vs. local shares
 * Permission propagation
 * Inheritance
 * System files and folders
 * User authentication
 * Single sign-on
 * Run as administrator vs. standard user
 * Bitlocker
 * Bitlocker-To-Go
 * EFS

Readings

 * 1)  File server
 * 2)  Security and safety features new to Windows Vista

Multimedia

 * 1) YouTube: Windows Security Settings - CompTIA A+ 220-902 - 3.3