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Apply UAC restrictions to local accounts on network logons

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This setting controls whether local accounts can be used for remote administration via network logon (e.g., NET USE, connecting to C$, etc.). Local accounts are at high risk for credential theft when the same account and password is configured on multiple systems. Enabling this policy significantly reduces that risk. Enabled (recommended): Applies UAC token-filtering to local accounts on network logons. Membership in powerful group such as Administrators is disabled and powerful privileges are removed from the resulting access token. This configures the LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy registry value to 0. This is the default behavior for Windows. Disabled: Allows local accounts to have full administrative rights when authenticating via network logon, by configuring the LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy registry value to 1. For more information about local accounts and credential theft, see "Mitigating Pass-the-Hash (PtH) Attacks and Other Credential Theft Techniques": http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=36036. For more information about LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/951016.

Policy Details

Policy Name
Pol_SecGuide_0201_LATFP
Registry Key
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\System
Value Name
LocalAccountTokenFilterPolicy
Supported On
At least Windows Vista
OMA-URI (CSP)
MSSecurityGuide/ApplyUACRestrictionsToLocalAccountsOnNetworkLogon
OS Build Version:10.0.17134
CSP Version:7.0
Conflict Resolution:LastWrite
Allowed Editions:
EnterpriseEnterprise NProfessionalProfessional NEnterprise EvaluationEnterprise N EvaluationEducationEducation NEnterprise SEnterprise S NEnterprise S EvaluationEnterprise S N EvaluationPro Single LanguagePro ChinaPro WorkstationPro Workstation NPro For EducationPro For Education NEnterprisegEnterprisegnServerrdshIotenterpriseIotenterprisesCloudeditionnCloudeditionIotenterpriseskIotenterpriseseval
Policy State Values
Enabled: 0
Disabled: 1
Available Languages
en-us