Enable or Disable Credential Guard in Windows 10

Enable or Disable Credential Guard in Windows 10: Windows Credential Guard uses virtualization-based security to isolate secrets so that only privileged system software can access them. Unauthorized access to these secrets can lead to credential theft attacks, such as Pass-the-Hash or Pass-The-Ticket. Windows Credential Guard prevents these attacks by protecting NTLM password hashes, Kerberos Ticket Granting Tickets, and credentials stored by applications as domain credentials.

By enabling Windows Credential Guard the following features and solutions are provided:

Tèarainteachd bathar-cruaidh
Tèarainteachd stèidhichte air virtualization
Better protection against advanced persistent threats

Now you know the importance of the Credential Guard, you should definitely enable this for your system. So without wasting any time let’s see How to Enable or Disable Credential Guard in Windows 10 with the help of the below-listed tutorial.

Enable or Disable Credential Guard in Windows 10

Dèan cinnteach gun cruthaich thu puing ath-nuadhachaidh dìreach air eagal ‘s gun tèid rudeigin ceàrr.

Method 1: Enable or Disable Credential Guard in Windows 10 using Group Policy Editor

Note: This method only works if you have Windows Pro, Education, or Enterprise Edtion. For Windows Home version users skip this method and follow the next one.

1.Press Windows Key + R an uairsin dèan seòrsa s an Iar- agus bhuail Enter gus fosgladh Deasaiche Poileasaidh Buidhne.

2.Seòl chun t-slighe a leanas:

Computer Configuration > Administrative Templates > System > Device Guard

3.Make cinnteach a thaghadh Guard Device than in right window pane double-click on “Turn On Virtualization Based Security” poileasaidh.

4.In the Properties window of the above policy make sure to select Ceadaichte.

5.Now from the “Tagh Ìre Tèarainteachd Àrd-ùrlar” drop-down select Secure Boot or Secure Boot and DMA Dìon.

6.Next, from “Credential Guard Configuration” drop-down select Enabled with UEFI lock. If you want to turn off Credential Guard remotely, choose Enabled without lock instead of Enabled with UEFI lock.

7.Once finished, click Apply followed by OK.

8.Reboot do PC gus atharrachaidhean a shàbhaladh.

Method 2: Enable or Disable Credential Guard in Windows 10 using Registry Editor

Credential Guard uses virtualization-based security features which have to be enabled first from Windows feature before you can enable or disable Credential Guard in Registry Editor. Make sure to only use one of the below-listed methods to enable virtualization-based security features.

Cuir ris na feartan tèarainteachd stèidhichte air virtualization le bhith a’ cleachdadh Phrògraman is Feartan

1.Press Windows Key + R an uairsin dèan seòrsa appwiz.cpl agus bhuail Enter gus fosgladh Program and Features.

2.From the left-hand window click on “Tionndaidh Windows Feartan air no dheth".

3.Find and expand Hyper-V then similarly expand Hyper-V Platform.

4.Under Hyper-V Platform comharradh "Hypervisor Hyper-V".

5.Now scroll down and checkmark “Isolated User Mode” agus cliog air OK.

Cuir na feartan tèarainteachd stèidhichte air virtualization ri ìomhaigh far-loidhne le bhith a’ cleachdadh DISM

1.Press Windows Key + X an uair sin tagh Command Prompt (Rianachd).

2.Type the following command into cmd to add the Hyper-V Hypervisor and hit Enter:

dism /image:<WIM file name> /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:Microsoft-Hyper-V-Hypervisor /all
OR
dism /Online /Enable-Feature:Microsoft-Hyper-V /All

3.Add the Isolated User Mode feature by running the following command:

dism /image:<WIM file name> /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:IsolatedUserMode
OR
dism /Online /Enable-Feature /FeatureName:IsolatedUserMode

4.Once finished, you can close the command prompt.

Enable or Disable Credential Guard in Windows 10

1.Press Windows Key + R an uairsin dèan seòrsa s an Iar- agus bhuail Enter gus fosgladh Deasaiche a ’Chlàraidh.

2.Seòl chun iuchair clàraidh a leanas:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetControlDeviceGuard

3.Right-cliog air Neach-gleidhidh inneal an uairsin tagh Ùr> DWORD (32-bit) Luach.

4.Name this newly created DWORD as Dèan comas airVirtualizationBasedSecurity agus bhuail Enter.

5.Double-click on EnableVirtualizationBasedSecurity DWORD then change its value to:

To Enable Virtualization-based Security: 1
To Disable Virtualization-based Security: 0

6.Now again right-click on DeviceGuard then select Luach ùr> DWORD (32-bit) and name this DWORD as NeedPlatformSecurityFeatures an uairsin brùth Enter.

7.Double-click on RequirePlatformSecurityFeatures DWORD and change it’s value to 1 to use Secure Boot only or set it to 3 to use Secure Boot and DMA protection.

8.Now seòladh chun an iuchair chlàraidh a leanas:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetControlLSA

9.Right-click on LSA then select Luach ùr> DWORD (32-bit) then name this DWORD as Brataichean LsaCfg agus bhuail Enter.

10.Double-click on LsaCfgFlags DWORD and change its value according to:

Disable Credential Guard: 0
Enable Credential Guard with UEFI lock: 1
Enable Credential Guard without lock: 2

11.Once finished, close Registry Editor.

Disable Credential Guard in Windows 10

If Credential Guard was enabled without UEFI Lock then you can Disable Windows Credential Guard a 'cleachdadh an Device Guard and Credential Guard hardware readiness tool or the following method:

1.Press Windows Key + R an uairsin dèan seòrsa s an Iar- agus bhuail Enter gus fosgladh Deasaiche a ’Chlàraidh.

2.Navigate and delete the following registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESystemCurrentControlSetControlLSALsaCfgFlags
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftWindowsDeviceGuardEnableVirtualizationBasedSecurity
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINESoftwarePoliciesMicrosoftWindowsDeviceGuardRequirePlatformSecurityFeatures

3.Delete the Windows Credential Guard EFI variables by using bcdedit. Press Windows Key + X then select Command Prompt (Rianachd).

4.Type an àithne a leanas a-steach gu cmd agus buail Enter:

mountvol X: /s
copy %WINDIR%System32SecConfig.efi X:EFIMicrosoftBootSecConfig.efi /Y
bcdedit /create {0cb3b571-2f2e-4343-a879-d86a476d7215} /d "DebugTool" /application osloader
bcdedit /set {0cb3b571-2f2e-4343-a879-d86a476d7215} path "EFIMicrosoftBootSecConfig.efi"
bcdedit /set {bootmgr} bootsequence {0cb3b571-2f2e-4343-a879-d86a476d7215}
bcdedit /set {0cb3b571-2f2e-4343-a879-d86a476d7215} loadoptions DISABLE-LSA-ISO
bcdedit /set {0cb3b571-2f2e-4343-a879-d86a476d7215} device partition=X:
mountvol X: /d

5.Once finished, close command prompt and reboot your PC.

6.Accept the prompt to disable Windows Credential Guard.

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