Cedex HiRes - Accessing the Control Unit and Cedex Hires Software; Access Control at the Windows Operating System Level

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Accessing the Control Unit and Cedex HiRes Software
Access Control at the Windows Operating System Level
5 Accessing the Control Unit and Cedex HiRes Software
5.1 Access Control at the Windows Operating System Level
Choose your local IT specialist as the system administrator for the general administration of the Windows
operations. This person should undertake the configuration of the settings that regulate access to the system at
the operating system level. One default user at the operating system level is factory installed:
c The Win-Admin user (default password Win-Admin) acts as system administrator for the operating system
and has full access to all elements on the desktop including the ability to add/delete programs.
For security reasons, the Win-Admin user at the Windows Operating System level should protect the access
to the Windows OS with a new password directly after initial installation.
When creating a new user with a corresponding password at the Windows Operating System level, or changing
the password for an already created user, the following rules must be observed:
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Passwords must be at least 12 characters.
c Passwords must not contain the user’s account name or parts of the user’s full name that exceed two
consecutive characters.
c Passwords must contain characters from three of the following four categories:
c English uppercase characters (A through Z).
c English lowercase characters (a through z).
c Base 10 digits (0 through 9).
c Non-alphabetic characters (for example, !, $, #, %).
To change the password settings and allow for other options:
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Log on to the Control Unit as the Win-Admin user.
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Click the Start menu, type “secpol.msc”, without the quotes, in the Search area and press <Enter>.
The Local Security Policy dialog box opens.
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Using the tree structure on the left-hand side of the Local Security Policy dialog box, navigate to
Security Settings > Account Policies > Password Policy.
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Double-click on the settings in the right-hand pane to change the password policy as desired.
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