Local User Accounts

Local User Accounts are stored locally on the windows workstation or server.

Default local user accounts

• Administrator Account
• Guest Account
• Default Account
• Help Assistant Account

Default local system Account

• SYSTEM
• NETWORK SERVICE
• LOCAL SERVICE

Management of Local users Accounts and security considerations

 

The default local user accounts and the local user accounts that you create, are located in the user's folder.

 

Security considerations

• Restrict and protect local accounts with administrative rights.
• Enforce local account restrictions for remote access.
• Deny network logon to all local Admin accounts.
• Create unique passwords for local account with admin rights.

The windows security app is a client interface on windows 10 version 1703 and later.