n the lab. Lab 19: Auditing Resources and Events This was the first lab where we worked with audit policies. The first exercise had us use the Local Security Policy to use the Audit Policy. I set it up so the computer would audit certain events and then restarted the computer for the changes to take effect. I then created a new user and then went to the security log and saw that the Event Viewer had recorded that I had created a new user. I then saved the security log and then cleared the security log. Saving the security log for certain days or weeks can help in the administration process of a network. Finally I archived the security log by saving the security log as file type “Security Log”. Lab 20: Configuring Account PoliciesIn the first part of this lab I configured the minimum password length for the system. I opened MMC and expanded the Group Policy tree to Account Policies and changed the password length to seven characters. I then tested my local security policy settings by removing my computer from the domain. Next I configured Account Policies settings to make each user change his password every four weeks, gave the password a minimum age of two days, and the user must have at least four different passwords. I then set up the Account Lockout Policy to lockout a user after four failed logon attempts and the lockout duration to zero minutes so the administrator has to unlock the account. I then tested my settings by locking a user account by logging on four consecutive times with the wrong password. I then had to log on as administrator and unlock the account from Computer Management. Lab 21: Configuring Security SettingsThis lab had us configure Security Options on my computer. I used Administrative Tools and browsed to Local Policies and configured the following settings. Users need to log on in order to shut down the computer; Users must press Ctrl+Alt+Delete to log on to the computer; Windows d...
