Microsoft® Windows® Desktop Deployment Resource Kit

Laptop Security

Because portable computers are vulnerable to theft, it is important that you provide security for portable computers and the data that is stored on them. You can do this by formatting hard disks to use NTFS so that permissions can be set and encryption can be enabled on files and folders by means of EFS. You can also add portable computer users to the Power Users group so that they have maximum control of the portable computer without having full control of the system. Ensuring that users use strong passwords to log on to their portable computers and that administrators use strong passwords for the local administrator account is another important security measure. Also, Group Policy settings can be used to restrict access to the ...