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A power management specification that far surpasses it predecessor, APM, by providing support for hot swappable devices and better control of power modes.
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Advanced Configuration and Power Interface.
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A text file, also called a response file, which contains a set of instructions for installing Windows XP.
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Answer File
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The partition that hosts the main Windows XP system files and is the initial default location for the paging file. It can be the same partition as the system partition or it can be any other partition or logical drive on any drive hosted by the computer.
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Boot Partition
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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 computer on which the OS will be installed.
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Disk Imaging
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The act of creating partitions on a physical hard drive.
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Disk Partitioning
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A server that has the Windows XP distribution 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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Distribution Server
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A collections of computer with centrally managed security and activities.
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Domain
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Any computer that has more than one operation system installed. This allows a user to select the OS that will start the computer.
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Dual-booting
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The 32-bit enhanced version of FAT introduced by Windows 95 OSR2 that expands the files and volume size of FAT to 32 GB. It is one of the file systems supported by XP.
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FAT32
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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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Hardware Compatibility List
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An allocation of disk space on a hard drive, using a drive letter. For example, a 50GB physical drive could be partitioned into two logical drives: AC: drive, which might be 20GB, and a D: drive, which might be 30GB.
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Logical Drive
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The utility scans computers for common security lapses and then generates individual security reports for each computer it scans.
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Microsoft Baseline Security Analyzer
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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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Microsoft Installer (MSI)
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The process of allowing a computer to boot multiple operating systems.
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Multi-booting
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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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New Technology File System (NTFS)
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A standard enviroment in PC98-comploant computers and network computers that can be used for a remote OS installation.
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Pre-boot Execution Enviroment (PXE)
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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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Published Applications
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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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Remote Installation Services (RIS)
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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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RIPrep Images
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A unique identification number that identifies each user in a network.
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Security Identifier
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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 service works in conjunction with disk images used for Windows XP automated installations.
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Single Instance Store
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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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System Partition
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A network application that is simpler that 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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TFTP
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A Windows XP installation that used a script and does not require user interaction.
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Unattended Installation
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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 decentralized management, as opposed to the centralized management of a domain.
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Workgroup
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