Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit 2003
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Year: 2005
Pages: 338
Pages: 338
The means by which Windows XP Professional supports digital video and audio. Enables support for such components as DVD decoders, MPEG decoders, video decoders, tuners, and audio codecs.
A communications network connecting geographically separated computers, printers, and other devices. A WAN allows any connected device to interact with any other on the network. See also local area network (LAN).
A feature that runs in the background and protects your system files from being overwritten. When a file in a protected folder is modified, WFP determines whether the new file is the correct Microsoft version or whether the file is digitally signed. If not, the modified file is replaced with a valid version.
An operating system service that allows the operating system to manage the installation process. Windows Installer technologies are divided into two parts that work in combination: a clientside installer service (Msiexec.exe) and a package (.msi) file. Windows Installer uses the information contained within a package file to install the application.
A software service that dynamically maps IP addresses to computer names (NetBIOS names). This allows users to access resources by name instead of requiring them to use IP addresses that are difficult to recognize and remember. WINS servers support clients running Windows NT 4.0 and earlier versions of Microsoft operating systems. See also Domain Name System (DNS); IP address; network basic input/output system (NetBIOS); resource.
A management infrastructure in Windows that supports monitoring and controlling system resources through a common set of interfaces and provides a logically organized, consistent model of Windows operation, configuration, and status. See also resource.
A version of Windows that extends the native language support in Windows by allowing user interface languages to be changed on a per-user basis. This version also minimizes the number of language versions you need to deploy across a network.
A Microsoft-owned Web site from which Windows users can install or update device drivers. By using an ActiveX control, Windows Update compares the available drivers with those on the user s system and offers to install new or updated versions.
See definition for Windows Internet Name Service (WINS).
Windows Sockets. An application programming interface (API) standard for software that provides a TCP/IP interface under Windows. See also application programming interface (API); Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP).
A job request to an existing library, made by an application that supports Removable Storage, which is placed in a queue and processed when the library resource becomes available. See also library; Removable Storage.
A simple grouping of computers, intended only to help users find such things as printers and shared folders within that group. Workgroups in Windows do not offer the centralized user accounts and authentication offered by domains. See also authentication; domain; user account.
SA system for exploring the Internet by using hyperlinks. When you use a Web browser, the Web appears as a collection of text, pictures, sounds, and digital movies. See also internet.