Microsoft Windows XP Professional Resource Kit 2003
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Year: 2005
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Pages: 338
See definition for media access control.
A collection of storage locations, also known as slots, for cartridges in a library managed by Removable Storage. Magazines are usually removable. See also cartridge; library; Removable Storage.
A screen enlarger that magnifies a portion of the screen in a separate window for users with low vision and for those who require occasional screen magnification for such tasks as editing art.
A user profile that is not updated when the user logs off. It is downloaded to the user's desktop each time the user logs on, and is created by an administrator and assigned to one or more users to create consistent or job-specific user profiles. Only members of the Administrators group can change profiles. See also roaming user profile.
A method of manually designating network files and folders so they are stored on a user's hard disk and accessible when the user is not connected to the network.
The first sector on a hard disk, which begins the process of starting the computer. The MBR contains the partition table for the disk and a small amount of executable code called the master boot code. See also Recovery Console.
An NTFS system file on NTFS-formatted volumes that contains information about each file and folder on the volume. The MFT is the first file on an NTFS volume. See also file allocation table (FAT); NTFS file system; volume.
The period of time a password can be used before the system requires the user to change it.
A disk that uses the master boot record (MBR) partition style. A partition style is the method that Windows XP uses to organize partitions on the disk. All x86-based computers use MBR disks. Itanium-based computers can use MBR disks and GPT disks. See also GPT disk; master boot record (MBR).
Any fixed or removable objects that store computer data. Examples include hard disks, floppy disks, tapes, and compact discs.
A sublayer of the IEEE 802 specifications that defines network access methods and framing.
A logical collection of removable media that have the same management policies. Media pools are used by applications to control access to specific tapes or discs within libraries managed by Removable Storage. There are four media pools: unrecognized, import, free, and application-specific. Each media pool can only hold either media or other media pools. See also free media pool; import media pool; Removable Storage.
A condition that occurs when applications allocate memory for use but do not free allocated memory when finished.
A number used to indicate the cost of a route in the IP routing table that enables the selection of the best route among possible multiple routes to the same destination.
An encrypted authentication mechanism for PPP connections similar to CHAP. The remote access server sends a challenge to the remote access client that consists of a session ID and an arbitrary challenge string. The remote access client must return the user name and a Message Digest 4 (MD4) hash of the challenge string, the session ID, and the MD4-hashed password. See also Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP); Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP).
An encrypted authentication mechanism for PPP connections that provides stronger security than CHAP and MS-CHAP v1. MS-CHAP v2 provides mutual authentication and asymmetric encryption keys. See also Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP); Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP).
A framework for hosting administrative tools called snap-ins. A console might contain tools, folders or other containers, World Wide Web pages, and other administrative items. These items are displayed in the left pane of the console, called a console tree. A console has one or more windows that can provide views of the console tree. The main MMC window provides commands and tools for authoring consoles. The authoring features of MMC and the console tree itself might be hidden when a console is in User Mode. See also console tree; snap-in.
A required partition on every GUID partition table (GPT) disk. System components can allocate portions of the MSR partition into new partitions for their own use. For example, when you convert a basic GPT disk to dynamic, the system allocates a portion of the MSR partition to be used as the Logical Disk Manager (LDM) metadata partition. The MSR partition varies in size based on the size of the GPT disk. For disks smaller than 16 GB, the MSR partition is 32 MB. For disks larger than 16 GB, the MSR partition is 128 MB. The MSR partition is not visible in Disk Management, and you cannot store data on the MSR partition or delete it. See also GUID partition table (GPT); partition.
The data format used for tapes supported by the Backup feature of Windows 2000.
A wizard that starts the first time a computer boots from a hard disk that has been duplicated. The wizard gathers any information that is needed for the newly duplicated hard disk.
A relatively small, simple driver or file that contains additional instructions needed by a specific hardware device to interface with the universal driver for a class of devices.
One of the two volumes that make up a mirrored volume. Each mirror of a mirrored volume resides on a different disk. If one mirror becomes unavailable (due to a disk failure, for example), Windows can use the remaining mirror to gain access to the volume's data. See also fault tolerance; mirrored volume; volume.
A fault-tolerant partition created with Windows NT 4.0 or earlier that duplicates data on two physical disks. You can only repair, resynchronize, break, or delete mirror sets in Windows 2000. To create new volumes that are mirrored, use mirrored volumes on dynamic disks. See also dynamic disk; mirrored volume.
A fault-tolerant volume that duplicates data on two physical disks. A mirrored volume provides data redundancy by using two identical volumes, which are called mirrors, to duplicate the information contained on the volume. A mirror is always located on a different disk. If one of the physical disks fails, the data on the failed disk becomes unavailable, but the system continues to operate in the mirror on the remaining disk. You can create mirrored volumes only on dynamic disks. See also dynamic disk; dynamic volume; fault tolerance; RAID-5 volume; volume.
In a Windows 2000 domain, the default domain mode setting. Mixed mode allows Windows NT-based backup domain controllers to coexist with Windows 2000-based domain controllers. Mixed mode does not support universal groups or the nesting of groups. You can change the domain mode setting to native mode when all Windows NT-based domain controllers are removed from a domain. See also native mode.
See definition for Microsoft Management Console (MMC).
A Windows 2000 feature that can be used to remove display modes that the monitor cannot support.
To place a removable tape or disc into a drive. See also dismount; library.
Audio compressed in the MPEG1 Layer 3 format.
A standard of video compression and file format developed by the Moving Pictures Experts Group. MPEG-2 offers video resolutions of 720 x 480 and 128 x 720 at 60 frames per second, with full CD-quality audio.
See definition for Microsoft Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol version 2 (MS-CHAP v2).
An operating system used on all personal computers and compatibles. As with other operating systems, such as OS/2, it translates user keyboard input into operations the computer can perform. MS-DOS can be easily accessed by using the command prompt, while MS-DOS-based programs can be accessed through the use of shortcuts on the desktop.
The process of sending a message simultaneously to more than one destination on a network.
A computer that has multiple network adapters or that has been configured with multiple IP addresses for a single network adapter. See also IP address; network adapter; virtual IP address.
A computer configuration that runs two or more operating systems. See also dual boot; startup environment.