Windows File Protection (WFP), a sub-system included in Microsoft Windows operating systems of the Windows 2000 and Windows XP era, aims to prevent programs...
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operating systems, and replaces Windows File Protection. Windows Resource Protection prevents the replacement of critical system files, registry keys and folders...
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Under Windows Vista, sfc.exe can be used to check specific folder paths, including the Windows folder and the boot folder. Windows File Protection (WFP)...
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Distributed File System My Network Places (formerly Network Neighborhood) Network Access Protection Remote Installation Services Server Message Block Windows Rights...
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introduction of Windows XP Professional a little over a year and a half in August 2001. Windows 2000 introduces NTFS 3.0, Encrypting File System, and basic...
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DLL hell (category Windows administration)
legacy versions of Windows, on which Windows File Protection or Windows Resource Protection does not roll back the change. On Windows Vista and later, only...
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Microsoft Defender Antivirus (redirect from Microsoft Windows AntiSpyware)
Microsoft Defender Antivirus (formerly Windows Defender) is an antivirus software component of Microsoft Windows. It was first released as a downloadable...
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Solaris User Account Control User Interface Privilege Isolation Windows File Protection Cunningham, Andrew; Hutchinson, Lee (September 29, 2015). "OS X...
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System File Protection: First introduced with Windows 2000 (as Windows File Protection), and expanding on the capabilities introduced with System File Checker...
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32-bit or 64-bit applications on file systems other than pre-Windows 95 and Windows NT 3.5 versions of the FAT file system. Some filenames are given extensions...
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versions of Microsoft Windows since 1998 via the "Plus! 98" addon for Windows 98. Native support was added as of the year 2000 in Windows ME. [citation needed]...
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all versions of Windows except the home versions (see Supported operating systems below) from Windows 2000 onwards. By default, no files are encrypted,...
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versioning scheme. Private per application versions Windows File Protection introduced in Windows 2000 prevented applications from overwriting system...
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The FAT file system is a file system used on MS-DOS and Windows 9x family of operating systems. It continues to be used on mobile devices and embedded...
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not a requirement for Windows applications to use the Windows Registry. For example, .NET Framework applications use XML files for configuration, while...
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System Restore (redirect from System Protection)
outside of the Windows folder, and everything under the Windows folder. File types monitored – Up to Windows XP, it excludes any file types that are considered...
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Windows Vista is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was the direct successor to Windows XP, released five years...
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industry – Windows (unqualified) for a consumer or corporate workstation, Windows Server for a server and Windows IoT for an embedded system. Windows is sold...
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WinFS (redirect from Windows File System)
Microsoft Windows, store files and other objects only as a stream of bytes, and have little or no information about the data stored in the files. Such file systems...
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Microsoft Word (redirect from Word for windows)
encompasses four distinct file formats: Word for DOS Word for Windows 1 and 2; Word 3 and 4 for Mac OS Word 6 and Word 95 for Windows; Word 6 for Mac OS Word...
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Microsoft Excel (redirect from .XLS file)
and print Excel files for free to use the Excel Mobile application for Windows 10 and for Windows 7 and Windows 8 to upload the file to OneDrive and use...
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one file-manager program for its native file system. For example, File Explorer (formerly Windows Explorer) is commonly used in Microsoft Windows operating...
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optionally be protected by DRM copy protection. Besides, the extension also signals to operating systems like "Microsoft Windows" that the video clip is actually...
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files and folders. They are typically used as the hard disk of a virtual machine, are built into modern versions of Windows, and are the native file format...
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Microsoft Office (redirect from Windows Live Office)
program (OneNote), an email client (Outlook) and a file-hosting service client (OneDrive). The Windows version includes a database management system (Access)...
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to: Water Fed Pole, a window cleaning tool Western Forest Products, a Canadian lumber company Windows File Protection Windows Filtering Platform, Microsoft...
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ReFS (redirect from Protogon (file system))
Resilient File System (ReFS), codenamed "Protogon", is a Microsoft proprietary file system introduced with Windows Server 2012 with the intent of becoming...
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User Account Control (redirect from Windows vista uac)
Microsoft's Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008 operating systems, with a more relaxed version also present in Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 8,...
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When set, Windows compresses the hosting file upon storage. For more information, see NTFS § File compression. Encrypted (E): When set, Windows encrypts...
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The Windows 11 2024 Update (also known as version 24H2, codenamed Hudson Valley[citation needed]) is the third and latest major update to Windows 11....
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