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| ANY METHOD A COMPUTER USES TO DETERMINE WHO CAN ACCESS IT. |
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| ANY METHOD A COMPUTER USES TO DETERMINE WHAT A SPECIFIC USER CAN DO. |
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| LIST OF USERS ALLOWED ACCESS TO A SYSTEM. |
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| USERS AND PASSWORDS APPLET |
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| WINDOWS 2000 APPLICATION THAT ALLOWED MANAGEMENT OF USER ACCOUNTS AND PASSWORDS. |
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| WINDOWS XP AND LATER APPLET THAT REPLACED THE USERS AND PASSWORDS APPLET OF WINDOWS 2000. |
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| LOGIN SCREEN FOR WINDOWS XP. ENABLES USERS TO SELECT THEIR PARTICULAR USER ACCOUNT BY CLICKING ON THEIR USER PICTURE. |
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| ONE OF THREE TYPES OF USER ACCOUNTS, THE ADMINISTRATOR ACCOUNT HAS ACCESS TO ALL RESOURECES ON THE COMPUTER. |
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| USER ACCOUNT I N WINDOWS XP THAT HAS LIMITED ACCESS TO A SYSTEM. |
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| ACCOUNT OPTION THAT IS USEFUL WHEN MULTIPLE USERS SHARE A SYSTEM; ALLOWS USERS TO SWITCH WITHOUT LOGGING OFF. |
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| USER ACCOUNT CONTROL (UAC) |
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| WINDOWS VISTA FEATURE THAT ENABLES STANDARD ACCOUNTS TO DO COMMON TASKS |
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| TOOL TO ALLOW MONITORING AND LIMITING OF USER ACTIVITIES; DESIGNED FOR PARENTS TO CONTROL THE CONTENT THEIR CHILDREN CAN ACCESS. |
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| SPECIAL TYPE OF FLOPPY DISK WITH WHICH USERS CAN RECOVER A LOST PASSWORD WITHOUT LOSING ACCESS TO ANY ENCRYPTED, OR PASSWORD-PROTECTED, DATA. |
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| COLLECTION OF USER ACCOUNTS THAT SHARE THE SAME ACCESS CAPABILITIES. |
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| LIST OF MEMBERS WITH COMPLETE ADMINISTRATOR PRIVELEGES. |
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| SECONDMOST POWERFUL ACCOUNT AND GROUP TYPE IN WINDOWS AFTER ADMINISTRATOR/ADMINISTRATORS. |
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| LIST OF LOCAL USERS NOT ALLOWED, AMONG OTHER THINGS, TO EDIT THE REGISTRY OR ACCESS CRITICAL SYSTEM FILES. THEY CAN CREATE GROUPS, BUT CAN ONLY MANAGE THE GROUPS THEY CREATE. |
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| VERY LIMITED BUILT-IN ACCOUNT TYPE FOR WINDOWS. |
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| ALLOWS USERS TO SHARE LOCALLY OR ACROSS THE NETWORK BUT GIVES NO CONTROL OVER WHAT OTHERS DO WITH SHARED FILES. |
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| TOOL ENABLING CREATION AND CHANGING OF GROUP MEMBERSHIPS AND ACCOUNTS FOR USERS. |
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| RESTRICTIONS THAT DETERMINE THE AMOUNT OF ACCESS GIVEN TO A PARTICULAR USER ON A SYSTEM USING NTFS. |
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| SPECIAL PERMISSION ALLOWING USERS TO SEIZE CONTROL OF A FILE OR FOLDER AND POTENTIALLY PREVENTING OTHERS FROM ACCESSING THE FILE/FOLDER. |
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| TERM TO DESCRIBE WHAT HAPPENS TO PERMISSIONS ON AN OBJECT WHEN YOU MOVE OR COPY IT. |
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| FEATURE THAT PASSES ON THE SAME PERMISSIONS IN ANY SUB-FOLDERS/FILES RESIDENT IN THE ORGINAL FOLDER. |
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| WINDOWS PRE-MADE FOLDER ACCESSIBILE BY ALL USERS ON THE COMPUTER. |
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| FOLDER THAT ALL USERS CAN ACCESS AND SHARE WITH ALL OTHER USERS ON THE SYSTEM OR NETWORK. |
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| ADMINISTRATOR TOOL TO GIVE LOCAL ADMINS ACCESS TO HARD DRIVES AND SYTEM ROOT FOLDERS. |
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| MAKING DATA UNREADABLE BY THOSE WHO DO NOT POSSESS A KEY OR PASSWORD. |
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| ENCRYPTION TOOL FOUND IN NTFS5. |
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| BITLOCKER DRIVE ENCRYPTION |
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| SOFTWARE OFFERED IN WINDOWS VISTA/7 ULTIMATE AND ENTERPRISE VERSIONS. REQUIRES A SHPECIAL CHIP TO VALIFATE HARDWARE STAUS AND TO ENSOURE THAT THE COMPUTER HASN'T BE HACKED. |
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