In Windows XP Home Edition, there are two basic types of local user accounts (in addition to the guest account): administrators and limited users. With XP Pro, things get a bit more complicated. Users ...

One of Windows 11's more contentious changes is that, by default, both the Home and Pro editions of the operating system require users to sign in with a Microsoft account during setup. Signing in with ...

Before I begin my discussion of the new NT domain features in Samba, I’d like to discuss some important differences between the NT and Unix security models. Parts of the user-account model in the ...