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Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.

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Microsoft Security Alert

A laptop gets a message saying it is locked, that the IP address has been used without knowledge or consent to visit with ID theft possible. It says to call Microsoft Security at 1-888-339-0179 and NOT to close or restart the computer. Is this a phishing…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,222 questions
asked 2022-01-29T17:12:31.523+00:00
Jami McFerren 46 Reputation points
commented 2023-03-29T17:42:47.7066667+00:00
James Bogatay 0 Reputation points
6 answers

Pin Policy for Smart Card Login in Windows 10

Is it possible for to set a pin policy for smart card login? We are using PIV cards (OpenFIPS201) in a Windows 10 A/D. The PIV standard specifies 6-8 digits, however we would like to enforce 8-digit PIN values via policy if possible. I have reviewed…

Windows Group Policy
Windows Group Policy
A feature of Windows that enables policy-based administration using Active Directory.
2,017 questions
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,222 questions
asked 2021-05-21T02:05:07.463+00:00
Kim O'Sullivan 1 Reputation point
commented 2023-03-29T15:12:11.4+00:00
Kim O'Sullivan 1 Reputation point
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Recover datas from encrypted TPM Bitlocker

Dears, I have 2 questions. This are the arguments: 1- I have a notebook and I want to use Bitlocker to encrypt the C: disk (TPM is present) When I enable the Bitlocker feature, it does not encrypt all the disk but it is istantaneously Encrypted (via…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,222 questions
Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
6,715 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
4,128 questions
Windows
Windows
A family of Microsoft operating systems that run across personal computers, tablets, laptops, phones, internet of things devices, self-contained mixed reality headsets, large collaboration screens, and other devices.
294 questions
Windows 10 Hardware Performance
Windows 10 Hardware Performance
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Hardware Performance: Delivering / providing hardware or hardware systems or adjusting / adapting hardware or hardware systems.
19 questions
asked 2023-03-28T15:20:16.38+00:00
A Ska 41 Reputation points
commented 2023-03-29T11:02:31.3566667+00:00
A Ska 41 Reputation points
1 answer

Scripts for deploying Windows 10 v22H2 security baseline

Want to find scripts for deploying Windows 10 v22H2 security baseline. Thank you

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,222 questions
asked 2023-03-28T13:23:33.6633333+00:00
Bella_Ross 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-03-29T10:56:35.7133333+00:00
Limitless Technology 17,121 Reputation points
1 answer One of the answers was accepted by the question author.

Resend notification for defender

Hello, I'm setting up incinerator notifications, risk analytics, and Endpoint recommendation. Let's say I set up an alert. Can I initialize notification for existing events. I want to send test messages, and then after testing, perform alerts on existing…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,222 questions
Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365
Formerly Office 365, is a line of subscription services offered by Microsoft which adds to and includes the Microsoft Office product line.
513 questions
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
Microsoft Defender for Cloud
An Azure service that provides threat protection for workloads running in Azure, on-premises, and in other clouds. Previously known as Azure Security Center and Azure Defender.
734 questions
asked 2023-03-24T18:24:59.15+00:00
Denis Pasternak 661 Reputation points
accepted 2023-03-29T07:47:24.76+00:00
Denis Pasternak 661 Reputation points
0 answers

MDE Attack Surface Reduction rules question

Hi, started to investigate audit events from MDE ASR. Get some events regarding the rule Block Office applications from injecting code into other processes. Now, I executed the following query in AH: DeviceEvents | where ActionType ==…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,222 questions
Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365
Formerly Office 365, is a line of subscription services offered by Microsoft which adds to and includes the Microsoft Office product line.
513 questions
asked 2023-03-26T16:50:59.6933333+00:00
cryptoSecurity 0 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-03-29T05:07:32.2166667+00:00
Givary-MSFT 13,396 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

Which are the possible values for "IsClickedThrough"?

Which are the possible results for "IsClickedThrough" in "UrlClickEvents" table and their meaning? Thanks!

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,222 questions
Microsoft Sentinel
Microsoft Sentinel
A scalable, cloud-native solution for security information event management and security orchestration automated response. Previously known as Azure Sentinel.
662 questions
Microsoft 365
Microsoft 365
Formerly Office 365, is a line of subscription services offered by Microsoft which adds to and includes the Microsoft Office product line.
513 questions
asked 2023-03-20T03:03:13.8233333+00:00
Noisy 21 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-03-29T03:52:21.3033333+00:00
Givary-MSFT 13,396 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
0 answers

Windows Hello for Business - Cloud Kerberos trust deployment - All users cannot access on-prem resources

https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/security/identity-protection/hello-for-business/hello-hybrid-cloud-kerberos-trust I have followed the guide step-by-step to ensure that my identities can use a WHFB pin to access local resources between file…

Microsoft Intune
Microsoft Intune
A Microsoft cloud-based management solution that offers mobile device management, mobile application management, and PC management capabilities.
2,389 questions
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,222 questions
Active Directory
Active Directory
A set of directory-based technologies included in Windows Server.
3,987 questions
Azure Active Directory
Azure Active Directory
An Azure enterprise identity service that provides single sign-on and multi-factor authentication.
13,634 questions
asked 2023-03-24T20:57:49.3366667+00:00
Nicholas Wirth 0 Reputation points
commented 2023-03-28T20:32:10.16+00:00
JamesTran-MSFT 27,841 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
8 answers

How to manually download KB4052623 for installation on Windows 2016 Server

I am working on a pilot to move our Windows servers to MS Defender. Our Windows Servers are behind on Windows Updates by few months. We do a project to remediate this issue underway. As part of onboarding a Windows 2016 server to MS Defender, you…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,222 questions
asked 2022-06-19T00:42:54.29+00:00
Kuntal Patel 6 Reputation points
answered 2023-03-28T15:07:55.8133333+00:00
MrET-7389 96 Reputation points
2 answers

Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter only works if I disable firewall

Hi, The latest Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter 4K will only connect successfully to my laptop (Dell Latitude) if I disable the Windows Firewall. I've ensured the necessary rules have been enabled in all the firewall profiles. (Pub/Priv/Dom) …

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,222 questions
asked 2022-11-24T20:51:08.91+00:00
Joseph White 1 Reputation point
commented 2023-03-28T07:07:51.2133333+00:00
Pavel Yannara Mirochnitchenko 7,176 Reputation points
1 answer

Application Guard is not detected in M365 Defender for Endpoint

Defender Security Recommendations still keeps telling me to enable App Guard in Managed Mode and this recommendation is not solved with ASR settings below.

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,222 questions
Microsoft Intune
Microsoft Intune
A Microsoft cloud-based management solution that offers mobile device management, mobile application management, and PC management capabilities.
2,389 questions
Microsoft Intune Security
Microsoft Intune Security
Microsoft Intune: A Microsoft cloud-based management solution that offers mobile device management, mobile application management, and PC management capabilities.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
50 questions
asked 2023-03-26T09:24:31.7533333+00:00
Pavel Yannara Mirochnitchenko 7,176 Reputation points
edited the question 2023-03-28T05:41:58.53+00:00
Givary-MSFT 13,396 Reputation points Microsoft Employee
1 answer

registry full in windows 11

Good morning; The question I have is that I currently have several PCs with Windows 11 and in less than a week it is giving me a registry full error. I enter as administrator, I reconfigure so that it overwrites the records and I delete the stored ones.…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,222 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
4,128 questions
Microsoft Intune Updates
Microsoft Intune Updates
Microsoft Intune: A Microsoft cloud-based management solution that offers mobile device management, mobile application management, and PC management capabilities.Updates: Broadly released fixes addressing specific issue(s) or related bug(s). Updates may also include new or modified features (i.e. changing default behavior).
9 questions
asked 2023-03-27T14:48:13.6666667+00:00
Jean Carlos Rosario 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-03-28T03:02:51.73+00:00
Dillon Silzer 36,301 Reputation points
2 answers

Allow Administrator account lockout Missing from GPMC

KB5020282 makes a new Account Lockout Policy setting available, "Allow Administrator account lockout". Even though this new setting is visible through the group policy editor, it does not show up when viewing the policy settings from GPMC. In…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,222 questions
Windows Group Policy
Windows Group Policy
A feature of Windows that enables policy-based administration using Active Directory.
2,017 questions
Windows Server Security
Windows Server Security
Windows Server: A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
1,361 questions
asked 2023-02-08T16:21:17.0666667+00:00
Andrew Haverland 1 Reputation point
commented 2023-03-27T19:26:37.5766667+00:00
Joe Grossi 0 Reputation points
0 answers

How do I update my role to Student?

I just enrolled into a college. How do I update my role Student, and merge with my private account role?

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,222 questions
asked 2023-03-27T11:48:40.81+00:00
Thy nguyen 0 Reputation points
1 answer

i have 30 malwares

I have about 30 malwares on my pc and I don't know how to get rid of them.

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,222 questions
asked 2023-03-26T18:34:19.7833333+00:00
virus collecter 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-03-27T04:11:31.98+00:00
Dillon Silzer 36,301 Reputation points
2 answers

Why won't bitlocker automatically unlock for USB sticks?

The first thing I want to note is that bitlocker was automatically unlocking on my PC. The thing that changed was when I reinstalled Win 10 after playing around too much with the registry (oops!). Somehow in my BIOS the TPM was shutoff before the OS was…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,222 questions
asked 2021-02-28T18:42:05.48+00:00
Omega Initiate 1 Reputation point
commented 2023-03-26T13:05:33.59+00:00
Mike 0 Reputation points
1 answer

My account is blocked and can't verify

My other account was blocked because my phone was stolen and I couldn't remember the password, I then logged into another device and accessed the account linked to it. It then said recover account I filled out the questions but it said my answers weren't…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,222 questions
asked 2023-03-25T13:13:18.1166667+00:00
maddy butler 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-03-25T13:21:47.24+00:00
Dave Patrick 342.1K Reputation points MVP
1 answer

FIPS for windows 11?

I need to use FIPS for logging in to my work. will windows 11 support this? the only guidance I can find is for windows 10. How do I move from windows 11 to windows 10?

Windows 10
Windows 10
A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.
6,715 questions
Windows 11
Windows 11
A Microsoft operating system designed for productivity, creativity, and ease of use.
4,128 questions
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,222 questions
asked 2023-03-12T13:56:46.5533333+00:00
Gary Buckley 0 Reputation points
answered 2023-03-25T11:00:45.09+00:00
Syed Shiraz Shahid 90 Reputation points
2 answers

Issues updating Windows Defender (KB2267602 will not install)

The organization above me has rolled out the requirement for Microsoft Defender Endpoint to be used on our systems. They provided a configuration package which, from what they and I can tell, worked perfectly - all our devices report into their MDE…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,222 questions
Windows Server
Windows Server
A family of Microsoft server operating systems that support enterprise-level management, data storage, applications, and communications.
8,869 questions
asked 2022-08-03T18:58:54.52+00:00
MEII 26 Reputation points
commented 2023-03-24T20:46:25.86+00:00
WA 0 Reputation points
0 answers

password invalid credential manager

Hi, I need to save same secrets from keyvault to the credential manager to use sftp with UNC. So , I get the creds using powershell and I created a credential object. However, when I try to access to the UNC, it prompt the windows security and asks for…

Windows 10 Security
Windows 10 Security
Windows 10: A Microsoft operating system that runs on personal computers and tablets.Security: The precautions taken to guard against crime, attack, sabotage, espionage, or another threat.
2,222 questions
asked 2023-03-21T11:38:08.9733333+00:00
mehar 1 Reputation point
commented 2023-03-24T20:03:19.5566667+00:00
MotoX80 24,716 Reputation points