As that article points out, when using a GPO like that the password is exposed in plaintext to any authenticated user in your domain. LAPS stores the local admin password in an attribute it adds to a ...

Just wondering what people thought about how to assign passwords to the local admin of w2k/nt/xp boxes. At one company, we made them all the same. This had the unfortunate side-effect of giving people ...

Experts are concerned that Microsoft’s new Local Administrator Password Solution only partially addresses the problem of identical passwords on computers in a domain. Microsoft’s release last week of ...

Windows administrators have a problem — passwords. Specifically, administrator passwords that lurk out there, identical across machines, just ready to be compromised. But there is finally a solution ...

The local administrator account is a part of Windows accounts that is automatically created upon installation, and this privileged login can create challenges for IT administrators. Unlike a domain ...

Microsoft’s Local Administrator Password Solution (LAPS) enables local admin passwords to be set, reset and validated periodically. Here is how to make the best use of LAPS. Passwords have always been ...

Local administrator passwords are challenging from a security standpoint, but an updated feature in Windows can reduce the worry associated with this administrative need. Nearly every Windows device ...