Microsoft Windows Hardening

Walkthrough summary

Microsoft Windows Hardening TryHackMe walkthrough with 16 answered prompts and lab methodology notes.

Sample prompts covered

• What is the startup type of App Readiness service in the services panel?
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• Open Registry Editor and find the key “tryhackme”. What is the default value of the key?
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• Open the Diagnosis folder and go through the various log files. Can you find the flag?
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• Find the name of the Administrator Account of the attached VM.
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• Go to the User Account Control Setting Panel (Control Panel > All Control Panel Items > User Accounts). What is the default level of Notification?
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