A tool that looks at a user's permissions and the permissions of the groups of which the user is a member to calculate the effective permissions for an object in Active Directory.
Emergency Repair Disk (ERD)
A disk that can be used to repair a failed system; it is no longer available in Windows Server 2003.
Encrypting File System (EFS)
A file system supported by Windows Server 2003 that provides the encryption of data stored on NTFS volumes.
event ID
A field in every Event Log entry that can be used to identify the event type. This ID number can be used to aid in troubleshooting server problems.
event viewer
A utility built in to Windows Server 2003 that is used to view and manage the various logs of Windows Server 2003.
extended partition
Can be created only on a basic disk, and you can create a theoretically unlimited number of logical drives inside that partition.