Security tip 3:-
You Guys must have heard about admin password ,super admin but have you heard about syskey i.e used to make job of password crackers more difficult.
Basically Microsoft Windows Security Accounts Management Database (SAM) stores
hashed copies of user passwords.You can use the SysKey utility to additionally secure the SAM database The SysKey utility can also be used to configure a start-up password that must be entered to decrypt the system key so that Windows can access the SAM database.Database
To Configure Windows System Key Protection, follow these steps:
Basically Microsoft Windows Security Accounts Management Database (SAM) stores
hashed copies of user passwords.You can use the SysKey utility to additionally secure the SAM database The SysKey utility can also be used to configure a start-up password that must be entered to decrypt the system key so that Windows can access the SAM database.Database
To Configure Windows System Key Protection, follow these steps:
- At a command prompt, type syskey, and then press ENTER.
- Now a box will open ,note that the Encryption Enabled option is selected and is the only option available. When this option is selected, Windows will always encrypt the SAM database.
- Click Update.
- Click password startup if you want to require a password to start Windows. Use a complex password that contains a combination of upper case and lower case letters, numbers, and symbols.
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Sahithi PallaviNice tip goyal. -
sushant005@ Goyal
very nice tip.
But could you please tell me how to disable this feature? -
Manish Goyal@ sushaNT How to decrypt this syskey password?If yes then sorry no idea but i think we can't
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sushant005If we cant decrpyt the syskey password then to disable this features only option is to format the system.
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sbscetferozpurbut i found one problem.
after encryping syskey i make a quike restore of the system without entering password.
after restore i found that
while logon system not asking for syskey... -
Manish GoyalYES it is possible since when we restore our computer it restore all the settings which even includes syskey password that we have made to a computer to that particular point.
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