Windows 10 – GPOs – Disable Password Reveal

Don’t want anyone to see the typed password on your Windows logon screen or anywhere on system?

Here’s how:

1. Open GPMC
2. Edit your GPO
3. Navigate to Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Credential User Interface
4. Double-click “Do not display the password reveal button”
5. Select “Enabled”

If you want to apply this to Internet Explorer only:

1. Navigate to Computer Configuration | Administrative Templates | Windows Components | Internet Explorer | Security Features
2. Double-click “Do not display the password reveal button”
3. Select “Enabled”

PS Scripts – Change Windows Service Logon Account

Need to change a Windows Service logon account with Powershell?
Here’s an easy and quick way to do it:

$strSvcStartScr = Get-WmiObject win32_service -Filter "Name='browser'"
$strSvcStartScr.Change($null,$null,$null,$null,$null,$false,’domain\username’,'password') | Out-Null

All you’ve to do is change the service name on the first line and the domain/username and password on the second.

And….your done!

Windows 10 - Presenting "Windows Hello" and "Windows Passport"

Microsoft's its determinate to make Windows 10 the best O.S. ever launched. On top of that it's the new approach from the company to listen to users feedback.

The new features announcement it's almost daily and here's another one.
Thinking about new ways for a user to login and making sure that it's really who he says to be,

Microsoft presented "Windows Hello", which users biometric signatures, like iris or fingertips, to allow a quick and secure login. Although this kind of security it's available for a long time, Microsoft it's now incorporating it natively on Windows 10.

It was also announced "Windows Passport", which allows a more secure, comfortable and seamless process to the typical user/password access.