• a domain controller (DC) is a server computer that responds to security authentication requests (logging in, etc.) within a Windows domain. A domain is...
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  • Microsoft Windows environments (see Domain controller (Windows)), where it is the centerpiece of the Windows Active Directory service. However, non-Windows domain...
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  • information. In a Windows domain, the directory resides on computers that are configured as domain controllers. A domain controller is a Windows or Samba server...
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  • Active Directory (redirect from Domain tree)
    for Windows domain networks. Windows Server operating systems include it as a set of processes and services. Originally, only centralized domain management...
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  • Windows Vista—a major release of the Microsoft Windows operating system—was available in six different product editions: Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium...
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  • Administrative Template (category Windows administration)
    on domain controller - Windows Server". learn.microsoft.com. MIcrosoft. 26 December 2023. Retrieved 31 July 2024. Important information about Windows XP...
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    Microsoft Windows–based systems, infecting the master boot record to execute a payload that encrypts a hard drive's file system table and prevents Windows from...
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  • functions of a Windows NT 4.0 PDC. Even if all Windows NT 4.0 domain controllers have been migrated to Windows 2000 or later, the domain controller that holds...
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  • ADDS is implemented as a Domain Controller Service in Windows Server 2008. All of the Group Policy improvements from Windows Vista are included. Group...
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    Model–view–controller (MVC) is a software architectural pattern commonly used for developing user interfaces that divides the related program logic into...
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  • various Microsoft Windows clients and can integrate with a Microsoft Windows Server domain, either as a Domain Controller (DC) or as a domain member. As of...
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    1994. Windows 95 used it to bring up the start menu and it then became a standard key on PC keyboards. On computers running the Microsoft Windows operating...
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  • Support. Microsoft. 17 April 2018. "Distributed Link Tracking on domain controllers - Windows Server". 23 February 2023. "Distributed Link Tracking and Object...
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  • to establish an unsafe connection to a Domain Controller (DC) and further impersonate the DC to elevate to domain admin privileges. It allows attackers...
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  • Services Active Directory (AD) Primary Domain Controller (PDC) Domain Controller Windows Server domain Windows Internet Naming Service (WINS) Remote Desktop...
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  • Windows 2000 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft, targeting the server and business markets. It is the direct...
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  • Windows 8 is a major release of the Windows NT operating system developed by Microsoft. It was released to manufacturing on August 1, 2012, made available...
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  • Microsoft Windows Server Operating Systems, the browser service is used to host information of other Windows computers within the same Windows domain or TCP/IP...
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  • Inter-domain routing is data flow control and interaction between Primary Domain Controller (PDC) computers. This type of computer uses various computer...
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  • Directory Services Restore Mode (category Microsoft Windows stubs)
    Directory Domain Controllers to take the server offline for emergency maintenance, particularly restoring backups of AD objects. It is accessed on Windows Server...
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  • Browser service (category Windows services)
    and build it. Windows NT computers can therefore have different roles: Domain master browser: In NT domains, the primary domain controllers (PDCs) handle...
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    connections can be used on Windows, Mac, Android, and Chromebook. iOS devices do not support USB OTG, and can only connect to game controllers over Bluetooth. In...
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  • Windows 10 is a major release of Microsoft's Windows NT operating system. The successor to Windows 8.1, it was released to manufacturing on July 15, 2015...
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  • RemoteFX (category Windows 7)
    not be a Domain Controller. For single server configuration, Microsoft supports running Domain Controller as a Hyper-V virtual machine. Windows Server 2008...
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  • Windows Server 2016 is the eleventh major version of the Windows NT operating system produced by Microsoft to be released under the Windows Server brand...
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  • Administrative share (category Windows communication and services)
    printers is shared as PRINT$. Domain controller shares: The Windows Server family of operating systems creates two domain controller-specific shares called SYSVOL...
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  • Windows Server 2003, codenamed "Whistler Server", is the sixth major version of the Windows NT operating system produced by Microsoft and the first server...
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  • NTLM (category Microsoft Windows security technology)
    password values, both of which are also stored on the server (or domain controller), and which through a lack of salting are password equivalent, meaning...
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  • LinuxCNC (formerly Enhanced Machine Controller or EMC2) is a free, open-source Linux software system that implements computer numerical control (CNC) capability...
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    needed, and in certain configurations, an Active Directory domain controller. The domain controller is particularly needed in Microsoft environments when using...
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