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25 Cards in this Set
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Administrator Account
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A user account, created when the OS is first installed, that is allowed complete, unfettered access to the system without restriction.
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Advance Startup Options
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A menu that can be reached during the boot process that offers advance OS startup options, such as Safe Mode or boot into Last Known Good Configuration.
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Automated System Recovery
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A utility, included with Windows XP, which allows a user to create a complete system backup.
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Automatic Updates
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The feature of Windows that has your computer automatically check with Microsoft's web site for updated files, patches and fixes.
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Backup and Restore Wizard
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A utility contained within Windows that allows a user to create system backups and set system restore points.
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Boot Sector Virus
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A virus that alters the code in the MBR of a hard drive. Once a machine is booted, the virus will reside in the memory and attempt to infect other systems.
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Disk Cleanup
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A series of utilities, built onto Windows, that can help a user clean up their disks by removing temporary internet files, deleting unused program files, and more.
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Driver Signing
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A digital signature that Microsoft incorporates into driver and system files as a way to verigy the files and to ensure that they are not inapproptiately overwritten. Ensueres that installed drivers will not destabilize the OS.
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Emergency Repair Disk
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This disk saves critical boot files and partition information and is the main tool for fixing boot problems in Windows 2000.
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Executable Virus
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A type of virus that resides within executable files. The virus is an extension of the executable and cannot exist alone. When the executable is run, the virus is installed in memory and then seeks to infect other executable viruses.
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EXTRACT
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A program native to Windows 9X/ME that can be used to extract data from compressed CAB files.
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Fragmentation
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Occurs when files and directeories get jumbled on fixed disks and are no longer contiguous. This can significantly slow down a system anc can be repaired by using several utilities in Windows.
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Last Known Good Configuration
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An option on the Advance Startup Menu that allows your system to revert to a previous configuration in oreder to troubleshoot and repair any major system problems.
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Microsoft Management Console
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A means of managing a system that allows an administrator to customize his management tools by allowing him to pick and choose from a list of "snap-in"
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Product Activation
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Feature of Windows XP that helps to prevent software piracy. This is a mandatory process -unlike registration- and must be completed within 30 days.
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Product Key
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the 25 alphnumberic code necessary to install software.
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Recovery Console
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A DOS-like interface that can be used to repair a Windows 2000/XP system that is suffering from a massive OS corruption or other problems.
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Safe Mode
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An option on the Advanced Startup Menu that boots a computer without some drivers and components that would normally be started, It loads only very basic, non-venfor specific drivers for the mouse, VGA monitor, and keybord etc.
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Service Pack
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A collection of software patches released at one time by a software manufacturer.
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Sigverif
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Run line command included with 2000/XP to verify the status of signed drivers in a system.
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Task Manager
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This utility shows all running programs, including hidden ones. Useful for terminating programs that are non-reponsive or that will no shut down normally.
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Thread
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The term used to describe the "mini programs" that 32 bit programs break themselves up into when running
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Upgrade Advisor
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The first process that runs on a XP installation CD, it examines your hard drive and installed software and provides a list of devices/ software that are knows to have issues with XP.
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User Account
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A container that identifies a user to an application, operating system, or network, including name, password, user name, groups to which the user belongs, and other information basrd on the user and the OS being used.
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Windows Catalog
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A searchable list of hardware and software known to work with Windows XP.
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