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| A directory service included in Microsoft Windows operating systems that functions as a storehouse for information about network hardware, software, and users. |
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| In User Account Control, a state invoked by Windows when an administrator attempts to perform a task that requires administrative access, and the system switches the account from the standard user token to the administrative token. |
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| The process by which Windows 7 verifies that the identity of the person operating the computer to be the same as the user account the person is employing to gain access. |
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| The process by which an authenticated user is granted a specific degree of access to specific computer or data resources. |
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| In User Account Control, a screen that appears when a standard user attempts to perform a task that requires administrative privileges, and the user must supply the name and password for an account with administrative privileges. |
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| A collection of logical objects that represent various types of network resources, including computers, applications, users, and groups. Each object consists of attributes that contain information about the object. |
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| A set of network resources for the use of a group of users who can authenticate to the network to gain access to those resources. |
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| A Windows server with the Active Directory service installed. Each workstation computer joins the domain and is represented by a computer object. Administrators create user objects that represent human users. The main difference between a domain and a workgroup is that users log on to the domain once, rather than each computer individually. |
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| In User Access Control, a message box that prevents unauthorized processes, such as those initiated by malware, from accessing the system using administrative privileges. |
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| A Windows entity that represents a collection of users. System administrators can create groups for any reason and with any name, and then use them just as they would a user account. Any permissions or user rights that an administrator assigns to a group are automatically inherited by all of the members of the group. |
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| A read-only roaming user profile. |
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| A copy of a local user profile that is stored on a network share, so that the user can access it from any computer on the network. |
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| In User Account Control, a system state in which all desktop controls are suppressed except for an elevation or credential prompt. The object of this is to prevent malware from automating a response to the elevation or credential prompt and bypassing the human reply. |
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| A placeholder for a collection of users with a similar characteristic. |
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| User Account Control (UAC) |
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| A Windows 7 security feature that prevents user accounts from exercising administrative privileges unless they are specifically invoked by the user. |
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| A collection of folders, associated with a specific user account, that contain personal documents, user-specific registry settings, Internet favorites, and other personalized informationeverything that provides a users familiar working environment. |
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| A collection of specific operating system tasks, such as Shut Down the System or Allow Log on Through Terminal Services, which can only be performed by certain users designated by a system administrator. |
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| A collection of computers that are all peers. A peer network is one in which every computer can function as both a server, by sharing its resources with other computers, and a client, by accessing the shared resources on other computers. |
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