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Securing the Local Administrator Account

There are a number of articles on how to secure the local administrator account on Windows computers and most of the have the same advice, rename it, make the password very strong, etc. But I was asked this question a few days ago and after doing some reading and research I don’t really care for this approach. I think I prefer the idea of setting a very strong password, using a tool that generates a password based on criteria you supply for the local admin account and then disabling the account...  ... Read the full post or  be the first to comment. Filed under: Active Directory, Group Policy, Security