At-Risk SumeetKK's Security Configuration 2020

[ZeroOne]

My Current Security Config

 

[harlan4096]

@Sumeet Kumar:

Enable UAC, at least to default.

In Photos and Documents Backup, consider to save data to external devices and/or cloud services.

In Backup and Restore, You may add a full Image System BackUp solution: Macrium Reflect Free or AOEMI Backupper, both are free and reliable.

Please kindly reflect Your changes editing Your config, and announcing them here, thanks for sharing

 

[CyberTech]

Is that laptop? if so, which laptop brand? and model?

 

[ForgottenSeer 85179]

You made the default, restricted admin account to a insecure admin account from Windows XP times.
Highly not secure nor recommend

 

[ZeroOne]

You made the default, restricted admin account to a insecure admin account from Windows XP times.
Highly not secure nor recommend

Enabled UAC with default settings. Thank you for suggestion.

 

[ZeroOne]

Is that laptop? if so, which laptop brand? and model?

I have added laptop detail.

 

[ZeroOne]

@Sumeet Kumar:

Enable UAC, at least to default.

In Photos and Documents Backup, consider to save data to external devices and/or cloud services.

In Backup and Restore, You may add a full Image System BackUp solution: Macrium Reflect Free or AOEMI Backupper, both are free and reliable.

Please kindly reflect Your changes editing Your config, and announcing them here, thanks for sharing

I have enabled UAC to default. I dont have any personal photos in my laptop, most of them are images received via email from clients, and I can redownlaod them from emails. And Since I have office 365 subscription, I save all of my docs directly to one drive. I never save them locally, thats why I dont think I need a file/photos backup solutions.

For programming/coding - I have setup github repos and I push all changes to servers as soon as I finish a functionality.

I'll look into full image system backup tools though.

Thank you for suggestions.

 

[Gandalf_The_Grey]

Enabled UAC with default settings. Thank you for suggestion.

Great first step, now please set it always notify.
It's the safest setting according to this:

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