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27-10 Chapter 27 Configuring, Managing, and Troubleshooting Security
Objective 7.2
Configure, Manage, and
Troubleshoot a Security
Configuration and Local
Security Policy
You can greatly reduce the risk of your computer being compromised by carefully configuring
security settings. To simplify this configuration task, Windows XP uses local
security policy, which you can configure by using the Local Security Policy tool in
Administrative Tools. The Local Security Policy tool provides access to a wide variety of
security settings, including password policies, audit policies, user rights assignments,
and software restrictions.
Configuring multiple computers in a network can be difficult. The simplest way to control
the security configuration of multiple Windows XP Professional computers is to
join them to a domain, and configure domain GPOs. If you do not have a domain, you
can create security templates, and apply the security template to each of your computers.
Windows XP even includes default security templates that might meet your needs.
To configure, manage, and troubleshoot security configuration, you should understand
how to use the different settings available in local security policy. You should also
understand how to use security templates and how domain GPOs might override your
local security policy settings.