11.5. Summary
Security is an important concern for any computer, including Windows 7 computers. Thankfully, you have a wealth of tools you can use to enhance security in Windows 7 computers.
User Account Control provides a significant improvement in security by separating the actions requiring administrative permissions from actions requiring regular user permissions. It helps prevent malware from making unapproved changes to a system computer and can be controlled with Group Policy.
Group Policy also provides a wealth of security settings that can be used to control the behavior of Windows 7 systems within a domain. Some of the settings are the same as they have been in previous operating systems. Some, like the settings in NTLM and Kerberos ...
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