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| Advanced Configuration And Power Interface |
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| A power management specification that far surpasses its predecessor,APM,by providing support for hot swappable devices and better control of power modes. |
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| A test file,also called a response file,which contains a set of instructions for installing Windows XP |
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| The partition that hosts the main Windows XP system files and is the initial default location for the paging file |
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| An exact duplicate of a hard disk,used for automated installations.Using third-party software,this is copied from a reference computer that is configured in the same manner as the computers on which the OS will be installed. |
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| The act of creating partitions on a physical hard drive. |
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| A server that has the Windows XP distrbution files copied to a shared folder.The files in the folder can then be used to install XP over a network connection using either WINNT.EXE or WINNT32.EXE |
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| A collection of computers with centrally managed security and activities. |
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| Any computer that has more than one operating system installed.This allows a user to select the OS that will start the computer. |
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| The 32-bit enhanced version of FAT introduced by Windows 95 OSR2 that expands the file |
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| Hardware Compatibility List |
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| A list maintained by Microsoft that lists all the hardware that is supported by an operating system |
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| An allocation of disk space on a hard drive,using a drive letter.For example,a 50 GB physical drive could be partitioned into two logical drives:AC:drive,which might be 20 GB and a D: drive,which might be 30 GB |
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| Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer |
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| This utility scans computers for common security lapses and then generates individual security reports for each computer it scans. |
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| A standard that is used to automatically deploy applications with Windows Installer packages.The program will have an extension of .msi. |
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| The process of allowing a computer to boot multiple operating systems. |
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| New Technology File System (NFTS) |
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| The high performance-file system supported by Windows XP that offers file-level security,encryption,compression,auditing,Disk Quotas and more.Theoretically supports volumes up to 16 exabytes,but Microsoft recommends volumes not exceed 2 terabytes. |
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| Pre-boot eXecution Enviroment (PXE) |
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| A standard enviroment in PC98-compliant computers and network computers that can be used for a remote OS installation. |
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| Remote Installation Services (RIS) |
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| An optional service in Windows Server that works with various other services to enable remote installations, including remote operating system installation. |
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| A type of image configured on a RIS server that contains the Windows XP operating system and applications.This type of image is based on a preconfigured computer |
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| A unique identification number that identifies each user in a network. |
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| The feature of RIS that manages duplicate copies of disk images by replacing duplicates with a link to the original files.This services works in a conjunction with disk images used for Windows XP automated installations. |
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| The active partition where the boot files required to display the boot menu and initiate the booting of Windows XP are stored. |
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| A network application that is simpler than the File Transfer Protocol but less capable.It is used where user authentication and directory visibility are not required.It is used to download the Windows XP Client Installation Wizard from the RIS Server to the RIS client. |
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| A Windows XP installation that uses a script and does not require user interaction. |
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| In Microsoft networks,a collection of related computers,such as those used in a department,that do not require the uniform security and coordination of a domain.These are characterized by centralized management,as opposed to the centralized management of a domain. |
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| An application installed with Windows Installer packages,Users can choose whether to install the application through the Control Panel Add or Remove Programs icon.Administrators can choose to have published applications installed when the application is invoked. |
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