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Questions tagged [security-policy]

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How can I prevent a policy-enforced screen lock in Windows?

Our corporate BOFH imposes the screen lock setting with a ridiculously short delay. It's frustrating and counterproductive. Is there a way to prevent the automatic screen lock? I would assume there is no way to override the policy-enforced setting,…
Gabriel R.
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Re-enable extensions not coming from Chrome Web Store on Chrome v35+ (with enhanced security)

Does anybody know how to re-enable your own extensions after they were disabled by the Chrome v35 update? (Mostly greasemonkey scripts in my case, thus simple .js files previously drag-n-dropped in to the extension windows. ) When I started up…
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How to view all IE Trusted Sites when security settings are managed?

If the Security Zones for Internet Explorer are managed by my system administrator, the list of Trusted Sites is disabled and I cannot scroll through the list. Is there a way I can view the full list of Trusted Sites?
JustinStolle
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Firefox allow HTTP URLs (and not force HTTPS)

tl;dr I want to browse an http-based URL but Firefox will not let me. A local network HTTP server is at http://host (port 80) and the corresponding HTTPS server is at https://host (port 443). When I type into the Firefox Address Bar http://host⏎,…
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Why setting Powershell to set-executionpolicy remotesigned fails?

Using Win7-32bit and Powershell ISE I tried to run a just saved script (let's say containing a simple cls). I got the error, that execution of scripts is forbidden with the usual "get-help about_signing" advice. When using "set-executionpolicy…
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Firefox: Disable window.location on website

I'm trying to prevent a certain site from being able to use javascript to redirect the browser to another page. The script in question is an inline script so Greasemonkey and adBlock can't do anything about it. Configurable Security Policies…
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How do I set a Windows 7 Security Policy option to "not defined"?

I have two identical machines running Windows 7, and I'm trying to replicate the security policy settings of one on the other (these are the settings under secpol.msc). One machine has a setting Local Policies > Security Options > Network security:…
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Change audit policy through the Registry

I'm developing an application to read audit event log entries. But I'm stuck on my home notebook with Windows 10 Home and I can't start gpedit.msc or secpol.msc. Thus I have to enable logon audit events through the Registry. I came up with this…
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Who has the rights to shutdown a Windows machine remotely?

The question is about the shutdown command with /m \\MACHINE switch, which can be used to shut down (reboot, sleep etc.) a Windows machine remotely. In my case I'm dealing with a local home network between Windows 7 and Windows 8 machines. Homegroup…
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Permission Denied For Service under Local Administrator Account

I have a service that should copy some files over a network, the service is running under one of the local administrator accounts. Logged in as that administrator I can manually copy the files from the network to a specific folder under Program…
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Restricting a program's access to the Windows registry

Is it possible to prevent a certain program from accessing the Windows registry? I know there are ACLs to lock out a user, but what about per-executable control?
Alexandr Zarubkin
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Disabling Password Complexity Requirements on Windows 7

I'm trying to setup an account on a windows 7 machine that has no password. However there are complexity requirements getting in the way. It might be of interest that this computer is connected to a network that uses a domain, but the user account…
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Enforce SSH Private Key Passphrase Complexity

How can I enforce a passphrase policy on the passphrases that are utilized to encrypt SSH private key? I enjoyed utlizing the PAM pam_pwquality module to enforce user account password complexity, but I don't think I can utilize it with SSH key…
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Windows Defender Application Control prevents Windows to boot after second restart (signed policy)

Hy everyone! I want to lock down some Windows 10 Terminals so that they can only run approved Software but keep the possibility to update this software. My plan was to make use of the new Feature of Windows 10 1903 that allows the use of Multiple CI…
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What are the most compatible special characters for login/passwords?

As you would know, most password policy for apps and services require to set a password including a special character. When setting a password for SSO/LDAP, password has to be compatible with all apps that use LDAP acccounts. During last years I…
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