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| What is Windows XP Professional considered by Mircosoft and what use was it intended for? |
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| It is considered the flagship by Mircosoft and was intened for office use and networked corporate enviornments. |
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| Whats the difference between Windows Xp Home and Windows Xp Professional? |
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| Windows Xp Home is very similar in look and feel to windows xp professional but does not support some of the windows xp professional security and management features. |
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| How new is Windows Server 2003? |
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| It is the newest available in the line of server edition operating systems from Microsoft. |
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| what different editions of windows 2000 were created? |
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| it was available in several server editions as well as in a desktop version, windows 2000 Professional. |
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| What was special about the server based version of windows 2000? |
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| it was the first to include microsoft's standards-based directory service software, Active Directory. |
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| Is active product support for windows 2000 server or professional still provided? |
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| What was the Windows 9.x line/group operating systems? |
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Windows 95 Windows 98 & 98-SE Windows ME (Millennium Edition) |
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| Which operating system was the first release of a complete desktop operating system and the first to provide a graphical interface based around the start menu and taskbar? |
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| What does the "NT" In Windows NT stand for? |
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| What was special about Windows NT 3.1? |
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| it was the first 32-bit version of Windows released in 1993 |
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| What was special about Windows NT 3.5x? |
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| Windows NT Workstation 3.5x was the first Windows version considered to be robust enough for enterprise network support released in 1995. |
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| What was special about Windows NT 4.0? |
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| Windows NT Workstation 4.0 was the first version to use the TCP/IP ( (Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) Internet Protocol (IP) ) as the preferred internet protocol, released in 1996 |
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| What were the first windows operating systems that were "shell" programs that ran on top of the underlying DOS command-line-based operating system? |
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Windows 1.0 (1985) Windows 3.0 (1990) Windows 3.1 (1992) Windows 3.1 for Workgroups (1992) |
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| What did Windows 3.1 for Workgroups incorperate in this particular OS version? |
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| It incorperated workgroup networking support using the NETBEUI protocol. |
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| How it the Unix Operating System Structured and designed? |
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All Unix operating systems share a shell/kernel architecture, with the kernel providing the core functionality and the interchangeable shells providing the user interface. |
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| What makes the Unix Operating System Unique? |
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| Unlike many operating system, Unix is portable to different hardware platforms; versions of Unix can run on everything, any machine and processors. It also incorperates a built-in multi-tasking, multi-user support, networking functions, and a robust platform for software development. |
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| What does the My Documents folder consist of? |
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| The My Documents folder consists of a collection of user-specific settings and folders known as the User Profile. |
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| What is the Control Panel? |
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| The Control Panel is a graphical interface that provides access to a number of utilities that can be used to configure the Windows operating system or computer hardware. |
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| Are the terms Directory and Folder the same? |
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| Yes. they both stand for a componet in a file hierarchy that provides a container to organize files and other folders. |
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| What does the extension .dll stand for? |
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| What does the extension .chm stand for? |
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| it is a help file used by various applications |
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| What does the extension .png stand for? |
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| it is a graphic image file format |
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| What does the extension .bat stand for? |
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it stands for "batch" or batch file. It is a small text file containing a string of system commands "that execute themselves automaticlly" so to speak. |
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| what does the extension .ini stand for? |
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| an .ini file is a file that contains configuration settings for software and hardware components. |
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| a .msi file is a file that can specify installation parameters for an application |
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| an .inf file is a file holds configuration settings for operating systems and applications |
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in terms of file attributes, what does the "Archive Attribute" do? |
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| It indicates that a file has not been backed up. When backing up a computer you can choose to only backup files which have the archive attribute set. |
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| What is the hidden attribute for? |
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| this attribute gives the user the option to display or not to display a file |
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| what does the "read-only" attribute do? |
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| the read-only attribute enables users to read the contents of a file (or execute it if possible) but prevents users from changing the contents of a file. |
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| what is the "system" attribute for? |
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| Indicates that a file is used by the operating system. Some system files are not accessible by a user |
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| what is the "index" attribute for? |
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| this windows specific attribute enables Windows Indexing Service to create an index of the files to speed up the search function. |
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