Security Check List
The following checklist summarizes things you can do to help protect your computer and make it safer to use:
- Assign all users on the computer to password-protected user accounts, at the appropriate user level of standard or administrator, as described in Chapter 12: “Setting Up and Transferring User Accounts.”
- Set the User Account Control to an appropriate level.
- Perform regular backups of your computer, as described at the beginning of this chapter.
- Along with performing your regular backups, be ready for disaster recovery in case your computer is lost, stolen, or irreparably damaged.
- Ensure that Windows Firewall is on in the Windows Action Center, or install and turn on a third-party firewall.
- Use caution when a program ...
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