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Sign in and go to the AOL Account security page.; Under "2-Step Verification," click Turn on.; Click Security Key.; Follow the onscreen steps to add your Security Key. Add additional recovery methods in case your Security Key is lost.
WSUS 3.0 and WSUS Client 3.0 were made available via WSUS on 22 May 2007 [10] 3.0 Service Pack 1 Release Candidate 1 November 2007 3.0 Service Pack 1 [11] 7 February 2008 3.0 Service Pack 2 25 August 2009 Part of Windows Server 2008 R2: 4.0 [12] 26 October 2012 Part of Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 [12] 5.0 [13] 26 September 2016
The Directory System Agent is the executable part, a set of Windows services and processes that run on Windows 2000 and later. [1] Accessing the objects in Active Directory databases is possible through various interfaces such as LDAP, ADSI, messaging API , and Security Accounts Manager services.
Two-factor authentication is a 'strong authentication' method, as it adds another layer of security to the password reset process. In most cases this consists of Preference Based Authentication plus a second form of physical authentication (using something the user possesses, i.e. Smartcards, USB tokens, etc.).
Security Identifier (SID) is a unique, immutable identifier of a user account, user group, or other security principal in the Windows NT family of operating systems. A security principal has a single SID for life (in a given Windows domain), and all properties of the principal, including its name, are associated with the SID.
The Security Account Manager (SAM) is a database file [1] in Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, 8.1, 10 and 11 that stores users' passwords. It can be used to authenticate local and remote users. Beginning with Windows 2000 SP4, Active Directory authenticates remote users.
Local Security Authority Subsystem Service (LSASS) [1] is a process in Microsoft Windows operating systems that is responsible for enforcing the security policy on the system. It verifies users logging on to a Windows computer or server, handles password changes, and creates access tokens. [2] It also writes to the Windows Security Log.
Winlogon (Windows Logon) is the component of Microsoft Windows operating systems that is responsible for handling the secure attention sequence, loading the user profile on logon, creates the desktops for the window station, and optionally locking the computer when a screensaver is running (requiring another authentication step).