Basic Security Windows_Security desktop security 2019

[Windows_Security]

Waiting for stuff to be delivered, killing time on MalwareTips

 

[bribon77]

Thanks for sharing

 

[shmu26]

Totally amazing.

 

[Moonhorse]

Thanks for sharing, thats some real dedication and works as guide for us noobs

 

[blackice]

That’s some serious effort put in resulting in a locked down system. Thanks for the detailed breakdown, very informative and impressive.

 

[harlan4096]

My only "con" for this config would be "System Backup -> Windows Image Backup", I would not trust much on it

Thanks for sharing

 

[Windows_Security]

My only "con" for this config would be "System Backup -> Windows Image Backup", I would not trust much on it

Thanks for sharing

I have enabled old fashioned F8 and a second safeboot option in Windows10 boot menu and have never needed a rescue disk since I used Vista.

 

[JM Safe]

I have enabled old fashioned F8 and a second safeboot option in Windows10 boot menu and have never needed a rescue disk since I used Vista.

Good config, if you will change your idea about that I would suggest you to use Macrium Reflect Free or AOMEI Backupper to perform system backups.

Thanks for sharing.

 

[Handsome Recluse]

Didn't you used to employ Startup Sentinel?

 

[Windows_Security]

Didn't you used to employ Startup Sentinel?

Yes, on machines which run Windows Home, on Pro or higher I use Group Policy settings

 

[BoraMurdar]

This setup can be comfortably used by some SysAdmin in Enterprise environments.

I will second @harlan4096 opinion on system imaging solution, no matter will you ever need it. Microsoft may deliver some broken update and all your work was in vain.

 

[blackice]

This setup can be comfortably used by some SysAdmin in Enterprise environments.

I will second @harlan4096 opinion on system imaging solution, no matter will you ever need it. Microsoft may deliver some broken update and all your work was in vain.

I recently tried to restore a Windows image and it failed spectacularly. I switched imaging to Macrium. Using Windows file backup for easy access backup.

 

[Windows_Security]

As posted before Windows image backup never failed on any Windows OS I used (what ever version)

I downgraded form windows 10 to Windows 7 when I installed an SSD on my PC, which did not respond to F8. Even after using the get the classic F8 registry hack. It turned out my USB3 was the problem. On my old desktop I had two USB3 ports which needed a driver to work with the MoBo. After swapping my keyboard into a USB2 port, Windows would respond to pressing F8.

I ' upgraded to Windows10' again this january because I had given my Windows7 desktop to an older family member who could not get used to Windows 10.

 

[blackice]

As posted before Windows image backup never failed on any Windows OS I used (what ever version).

I downgraded form windows 10 to Windows 7 when I installed an SSD on my PC, which did not respond to F8. Even after using the get the classic F8 registry hack. It turned out my USB3 was the problem. On my old desktop I had two USB3 ports which needed a driver to work with the MoBo. After swapping my keyboard into a USB2 port, Windows would respond to pressing F8.

I ' upgraded to Windows10' again this january because I had given my Windows7 desktop to an older family member who could not get used to Windows 10.

I guess if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. I wouldn’t if I hadn’t had problems. I’ve never gotten Windows to re-image properly. File backups seem to work fine. For some reason Windows always decides I’ve tried to image dissimilar hardware, even when no firmware updates have happened. Oh well, Macrium’s scheduled backups work better for me than Win did anyway.

 

[Windows_Security]

I guess if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.

Agree, good advice .

In the past I was playing with malware and security programs, I managed to trash my system more often with security programs than by malware circumventing my security setup.

Since I stopped throwsing rocks at my own Windows, I have not needed image recovery anymore.

 

[brambedkar59]

That's one detailed config. Thanks for sharing

 

[BoraMurdar]

As posted before Windows image backup never failed on any Windows OS I used (what ever version)

Not having an option to do incremental backups and being able to password protect the image are main problems for me. But if it suits your needs than there's no need to change it.