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| The process required to log on to a computer locally or to Active Directory. It requires a valid username and password that exists in the local accounts database or in Active Directory. A ticket will be created if the information presented matches the account in the database. |
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| Accounts stored in the Active Directory that are used to uniquely identify, authenticate,and manage computers within the domain. |
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| An Active Directory object that holds other AD objects. Domains and Organizational units are an exaple of these. |
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| Groups that have been predefined in Active Directory or the local account database. |
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| A utility that allows technicians to examine and configure all the hardware and drivers intalled in a machine. |
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| A logical group of users who have common characteristics; for example a group of Sales users. Applications and email programs can use distribution groups for sending data, as opposed to sending data to individual users. |
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| A group that only be assigned permissions to a resource available in the domain in which it is created. However, group membership can come from any domain within the forest. Created on domain controllers within the domain. |
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| A collection of computers with centrally managed security and activities. |
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| A digital signature that Microsoft incorporates into driver and system files as a way to varify the files and to ensure that they are not inappropriately overwritten. Ensures that installed drivers will not destabilize the operating system. |
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| Any computer that has more than one operating system installed. This allows a user to select tohe OS that will start the computer. |
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| A group that is mainly used for organizing other objects into abministrative units. A global group can be assigned permissions to any resource in any domain whithin the forest. The main limitation is that it can only contain members of the same domain in which it is created. |
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| Used to determined wether the group is limited to a single domain or wether the group can span multiple domains. They are used to assigned permissions to resources. |
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| A profile created the first time a user logs on, stored in the Documents and Settings folder. The default folder's name matches the user's logon name. This folder contains a file called NTUSER.DAT and subfolders with directory links to the user's desktop items. |
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| A user profile created by an administrator and saved with a special extension (.man) so that the user cannot modify the profile in any way. They can be assigned to a single user of a group of users. |
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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 domain model in Active Directory that allows for support for communication with existing NT domain structures and security to allow for the orderly upgrade to a full Windows 2008 domain. |
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| An Active Directory logical container used to organize objects within a single domain. Objects such as users, groups, computers, and other OUs can be stored within a OU container. |
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| A Connection that needs to be configured in order for clients to connect to the Terminal Services server. You can configure on one of these connections per network adapter. |
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| A user profile stored on a centralized server that follows a user across a network. |
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| A group that can be used to define permissions on a resource objects. |
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| A unique identification number that identifies each user in a network that contains a complete set of permissions for that user or group. |
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| The service used to deploy a limited version of Windows updates to a corporate server, which in turn provides the updates to client computers within the network. This allows clients that are limited to what they can access through a firewall to still keep their Windows OS up to date. |
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| System Information Utility |
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| A Windows utility used to collect and display information about the computers current configurations. can be launched using MSINFO32. |
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| A group that can be assigned permissions to any resource in any domain within the forest. These groups can consist of any user or group object except local groups. |
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| An extensive list of computers and peripheral hardware that have been tested with the Windows Server 2008 operating system. Formerly known as the Hardware Compatibility List. |
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