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Processor: 1Ghz x86 or x64 Processor
RAM: 1GB
Hard Disk: 40GB with a minimum 20GB of available space
Support for DirectX 10 Graphics
Installation Source: DVD-ROM drive |
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Processor: 1Ghz x86 or x64 Processor
RAM: 1GB
Hard Disk: 40GB with a minimum 20GB of available space
Support for DirectX 9 Graphics
Installation Source: DVD-ROM drive |
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Processor: 1Ghz x86 or x64 Processor
RAM: 512MB
Hard Disk: 20GB with a minimum 15GB of available space
Support for DirectX 9 Graphics
Installation Source: DVD-ROM drive |
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| Windows XP Media Center Edition |
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| Intended for installation on a specially configured media-ready PC that will connect to and interact with other home media devices. |
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| Windows XP Home & Professional Edition |
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Processor: 233-Mhz minimum, 300Mhz recommended
RAM: 64MB, 128MB recommended
Hard Disk: 1.5 GB Available Space
Video Adapter: Super VGA 800x600
Installation Source: CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive |
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| Windows 2000 Professional |
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Processor: Pentium 133Mhz
RAM: 32MB, 64MB recommended
Hard Disk: 2GB GB with 1GB Free Space
Video Adapter: VGA
Installation Source: 12x CD-ROM |
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| Mac OS X Leopard version 6 |
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Macintosh with Intel PowerPC G5 or G4 (867Mhz or faster)
Firewire support
Built-in display or Apple-supplied video card
DVD drive
1GB RAM
9GB available HD space minimum |
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| Hardware Compatibility List (HCL) |
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| Microsoft maintained list of supported hardware for Microsoft Windows |
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| Microsoft Assessment and Planning (MAP) Toolkit |
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| allows you to check the hardware configuration of all the systems on your network and generate details about those systems that are ready and needed upgrades for Windows 7 |
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| Installation Method - Local installation source |
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| Launch Windows setup by booting the computer from a local installation CD-ROM or DVD-ROM |
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| Installation Method - Network installation source |
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| Launch Windows Setup by connecting to a shared network folder that contains the installation source files and running the installation file manually |
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| Installation Method - Unattended Installation |
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| Automating an installation to require limited or no use interactions. Requires you to create an 'answer file', which is a text files that provides configuration information to the Windows Setup program |
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| Installation Method - System Imaging |
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| Installation via a file that contains a sector-by-sector replica of a computer's hard disk that can be replicated onto the hard disks of one or more computers. |
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| Windows Deployment Service |
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| A replacement for Remote Installation Services, this service allows for the automated install of Windows XP, server 2003, server 2008, Vista, and Window 7 to multiple computers in an Active Directory managed environment. |
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| A specific disk boot order in BIOS. |
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| The default account created on Windows XP and Windows 2000 systems during installation |
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| The Microsoft website that provides updates to your Microsoft software in three categories: critical updates, optional software updates, and optional hardware updates. |
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| Targeted operating system updates that Microsoft releases on an as-needed basis to provide enhancements to the operating system or to address security or performance issues. |
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| comprehensive updates that generally include all prior patches and updates, but which can also include important new features and functions |
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| Windows Genuine Advantage |
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| The process of validating your installation whenever you visit the Microsoft Update site. |
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| An anti-piracy technology that verifies that MS software products are legitimately pruchased. |
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| Volume License Product Key |
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| Large organizations use this. It eliminates the need to individually activate each installation of Windows. |
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| User State Migration Tool |
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| a command-line utility hat copies files and settings from one Microsoft computer to another, including user accoutns, files, folders, Windows settings, e-mail messages, and more. |
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| A driver that has been tested and verified for a particular operating system. It has a piece of encrypted data, called a digital signature, attached to it by a signing authority. |
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| A way for the computer to accomplish more than the limits of what its physical memory can perform. The computer system uses a portion of the hard disk as if it was physical RAM. |
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| The active of moving inactive data from memory to the pagefile. |
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| The file containing virtual memory storage |
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| A background process that performs a specific operation. |
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| Service Startup - Automatic |
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| Starts when Windows boots |
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| In some instances, Windows starts these services for you when you perform an action that requires the service. In other instances, you must open the Services console to start it. |
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| Service Startup - Disabled |
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| Not start under any circumstances. |
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| Begins when the power is turned on. The computer runs POST. A PnP BIOS recognizes and configures hardware. The BIOS locates the boot device and loads the MBR |
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| Boot process - Boot Sequence |
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| The operating system is selected and the hardware configuration is detected and loaded. Done using winload in Windows 7 and NTLDR in XP and earlier |
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| Boot process - Kernel Load Sequence |
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| The operating system components are loaded into memory |
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| Boot process - Kernel Initiation Sequence |
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| The Windows kernel take control of the system. At this point, the Windows logo and status bar appear |
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| Boot process - Logon sequence |
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| Winlogon starts the local security authority and the logon screen appears. Windows continues to load low-level drives and services in teh background. The Clone control set built is copied to LastKnownGood.. |
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