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| administrative shares | Administrator tool to give local admins access to hard drives and system root folders. |
| Administrators group | List of members with complete administrator privileges. |
| authentication | Any method a computer uses to determine who can access it. |
| authorization | Any method a computer uses to determine what an authenticated user can do. |
| BitLocker Drive Encryption | Drive encryption software offered in Windows Vista/Ultimate and Enterprise editions. BitLocker requires a special chip to validate hardware status and to ensure that the computer hasn’t been hacked. |
| computer administrator | One of three types of user accounts, the Administrator account has access to all resources on the computer. |
| Encrypting File System (EFS) | Encryption tool found in NTFS 5. |
| encryption | Making data unreadable by those who do not possess a key or password. |
| Fast User Switching | Account option that is useful when multiple users share a system; allows users to switch without logging off. |
| group | Collection of user accounts that share the same access capabilities. |
| Guests group | Very limited built-in account type for Windows. |
| inheritance | NTFS feature that passes on the same permissions in any sub-folders/files resident in the original folder. |
| limited user | User account in Windows XP that has limited access to a system. Accounts of this type cannot alter system files, cannot install new programs, and cannot edit settings by using the Control Panel. |
| local user account | List of users allowed access to a system. |
| Local Users and Groups | Tool enabling creation and changing of group memberships and accounts for users. |
| NTFS permissions | Restrictions that determine the amount of access given to a particular user on a system using NTFS. |
| Parental Controls | Tool to allow monitoring and limiting of user activities; designed for parents to control the content their children can access. |
| password reset disk | Special type of floppy disk with which users can recover a lost password without losing access to any encrypted, or password-protected, data. |
| permission propagation | Term to describe what happens to permissions on an object when you move to copy it. |
| Power Users group | Second most powerful account and group type in Windows after Administrator. |
| Public folder | Folder that all users can access and share with all other users on the system or network. |
| Shared Documents | Windows pre-made folder accessible by all users on the computer. |
| simple file sharing | Allows users to share locally or across the network but gives no control over what others do with shared files. |
| standard user | User account in Windows Vista that has limited access to a system. Accounts of this type cannot alter access to a system. Accounts of this type cannot alter system files, cannot install new programs, and cannot edit some settings by using the Control Panel without supplying an administrator password. Replaces the Limited account in Windows XP. |
| strong password | Password containing at least eight characters, including letters, numbers, and punctuation symbols. |
| Take Ownership | Special permission allowing users to seize control of a file or folder and potentially preventing others from accessing the file/folder. |
| User Account Control (UAC) | Windows Vista feature that enable Standard account to do common tasks and provides a permissions dialog when Standard and Administrator account do certain things that could potentially harm the computer (such as attempt to install a program). |
| Users Accounts applet | Windows XP (and later versions) applet that replaced the Users and Passwords applet of Windows 2000. |
| Users and Passwords applet | Windows 2000 application that allowed management of user accounts and passwords. |
| Users group | List of local users not allowed, among other things, to edit the Registry or access critical system files. They can create groups, but can only manage the groups they create. |
| Welcome screen | Login screen for Windows XP. Enables users to select their particular user account by clicking on their user picture. |
