Installing & Upgrading Client Systems Key Vocab Flashcards

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App Locker

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AppLocker advances the app control features and functionality of Software Restriction Policies. AppLocker contains new capabilities and extensions that allow you to create rules to allow or deny apps from running based on unique identities of files and to specify which users or groups can run those apps.

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Assigned Access 8.1

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Assigned Access is a setting that lets you restrict a specified standard user account to only use one Windows Store App when signed in. It’s also called Kiosk mode because you can restrict customers to only use one app on your PC.

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BitLocker

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BitLocker is a computer hard drive encryption and security program released by Microsoft Corporation as a native application in its Windows 7 Enterprise and Ultimate editions, Windows Vista Enterprise and Ultimate, and Windows Server 2008, R2 and 2012 operating system versions. It is a drive security and encryption program that protects drive content and data from any offline attack.

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BranchCache

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BranchCache is a bandwidth-optimization feature that has been available since the Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7 operating systems. Each client has a cache and acts as an alternate source for content that devices on its own network request.

BranchCache has two operating modes: Distributed Cache mode and Hosted Cache mode.

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Business Store

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Gives you a place to find and purchase apps for your organization, individually, or in volume.

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Clean Installation

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In a clean install of an OS, the hard disk is formatted and completely erased. In a clean install of an application, the older version is uninstalled first. Installing an OS on a new computer or installing an application for the first time is automatically a clean install.

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Client Hyper-V

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Microsoft Client Hyper-V is a type-1 hypervisor for the Windows 8.x and Windows 10 operating systems (OSes) that allows users to run multiple operating systems inside a virtual machine (VM).

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Cloud

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A term used to describe a global network of servers, each with a unique function. The cloud is not a physical entity, but instead is a vast network of remote servers around the globe which are hooked together and meant to operate as a single ecosystem.

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Command Line Interface (CLI)

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Command line interface (CLI) is a text-based interface that is used to operate software and operating systems while allowing the user to respond to visual prompts by typing single commands into the interface and receiving a reply in the same way.

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Continuum

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The user interface can adapt automatically depending on the situation.

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Cortana

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Cortana is Microsoft’s personal productivity assistant that helps you save time and focus attention on what matters most.

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Credential Guard

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A security feature that isolates users’ login information from the rest of the operating system to prevent theft.

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Current Branch for Business

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Deployed a few months after the CB (Current Branch) to ensure that it has been more thoroughly tested in the user environment.

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Desktop PC

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A desktop computer (or desktop PC) is a computer that is designed to stay in a single location.

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Device Driver

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A device driver or hardware driver is a group of files that enable one or more hardware devices to communicate with the computer’s operating system.

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Device Guard

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Device Guard is a Windows 10 security feature that enables virtualization-based security by using the Windows Hypervisor to support security services on the device. The Device Guard policy enables security features such as secure boot, UEFI lock, and virtualization.

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DirectAccess

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DirectAccess allows connectivity for remote users to organization network resources without the need for traditional Virtual Private Network (VPN) connections. With DirectAccess connections, remote client computers are always connected to your organization - there is no need for remote users to start and stop connections, as is required with VPN connections.

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Encryption File System(EFS)

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A functionality of the New Technology File System (NTFS) found on various versions of Microsoft Windows. EFS facilitates the transparent encryption and decryption of files by making use of complex, standard cryptographic algorithms.

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Enterprise Mode Internet Explorer (EMIE)

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Enterprise Mode, a compatibility mode that runs on Internet Explorer 11 on Windows 10, Windows 8.1, and Windows 7 devices, lets websites render using a modified browser configuration that’s designed to emulate either Windows Internet Explorer 7 or Windows Internet Explorer 8.

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Graphical user interface (GUI)

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A visual way of interacting with a computer using items such as windows, icons, and menus, used by most modern operating systems.

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Group Policy Management

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Group Policy (GP) is a Windows management feature that allows you to control multiple users’ and computers’ configurations within an Active Directory environment.

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Hardware interrupts (IRQ)

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IRQs are hardware lines over which devices can send interrupt signals to the microprocessor.

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High Touch Installations (HTI)

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An operating system installation method in which you use an installation DVD or USB drive and manually install the operating system on every computer. You must then also manually configure each system.

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Hybrid Computer

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Hybrid computer is a slang term used to describe a 2-in-1 PC. A 2-in-1 PC comprises a screen and a detachable keyboard, combining the functionality of a laptop computer and a tablet.

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Joining to a Domain Kernel Mode

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The system starts in kernel mode. There are some privileged instructions that can only be executed in kernel mode. The system call gets executed in kernel mode. To join a computer to a domain
On the Start screen, type Control Panel, and then press ENTER.

Navigate to System and Security, and then click System.

Under Computer name, domain, and workgroup settings, click Change settings.

On the Computer Name tab, click Change.

Under Member of, click Domain, type the name of the domain that you wish this computer to join, and then click OK.

Click OK, and then restart the computer.

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Laptop

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a computer that is portable and suitable for use while traveling.

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Lite Touch Installation (LTI)

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LTI (Lite Touch Installation) is a high-volume deployment strategy for small to midsized organizations that combines the use of MDT with Windows Deployment Services, a server role of Windows Server 2008 and later that allows new computers to be deployed through network-based installation.

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LoadState.exe

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You use LoadState to restore user state from the data store. By default, this program restores user state to the location from which ScanState originally saved it-unless one of the migration .xml files redirects it. You must specify the same migration .xml files to LoadState that you did to ScanState.

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Long-Term Servicing Branch

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LTSB is a specialized edition of Windows 10 Enterprise that promises the longest intervals between feature upgrades of any version of the operating system.

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Private Catalog

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Private Catalog enables developers and cloud admins to make their solutions discoverable to their own organization’s internal enterprise users.

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Remote Desktop

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A remote desktop is a separate program or feature found on most operating systems that allows a user to access an operating computer system’s desktop.

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RemoteApp

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Remoteapp is a virtual application solution that allows users to run windows-based applications regardless of what operating system they are using. It allows users to launch virtual applications from a server that appear on their computer as if it is installed locally, but in reality are running on a remote server.

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ScanState.exe

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The ScanState tool collects information about the application settings and user data components from the .xml files that are specified on the command line.

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Smartphone

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A mobile phone that performs many of the functions of a computer, typically having a touchscreen interface, internet access, and an operating system capable of running downloaded applications.

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Tablet

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a small portable computer that accepts input directly on to its screen rather than via a keyboard or mouse.

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Text User Interface (TUI)

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(TUI) (also called textual user interface or terminal user interface) is a text-based user interface. TUIs are different from command-line interfaces in that, like GUIs, they use the entire screen area and do not necessarily provide line-by-line output. However, TUIs only use text and symbols available on a typical text terminal, while GUIs typically use high-resolution graphics terminals.

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Upgrade Installation

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The installation of an operating system or application on the computer without removing the older version first and without saving any data beyond normal precautions.

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User Mode

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The system is in user mode when the operating system is running a user application such as handling a text editor.

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User State Migration Tool(USMT)

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You can use User State Migration Tool (USMT) 10.0 to streamline and simplify user state migration during large deployments of Windows operating systems. USMT captures user accounts, user files, operating system settings, and application settings, and then migrates them to a new Windows installation. You can use USMT for both PC replacement and PC refresh migrations.

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User Experience Control & Lockdown User Interface (UI)

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The user interface (UI) is the point of human-computer interaction and communication in a device. This can include display screens, keyboards, a mouse and the appearance of a desktop. It is also the way through which a user interacts with an application or a website.

Defines user experience as an individual’s perceptions and responses that result from using or the anticipated use of a product, service, or system.

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UsmtUtils.exw

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used for deleting a hard-link store, validating a compressed file store and extracting data from a compressed file store. Additionally, it can determine cryptographic capabilities of source and destination computer for use with the /encrypt command.

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Virtual Desktops

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Are preconfigured images of operating systems and applications in which the desktop environment is separated from the physical device used to access it. Users can access their virtual desktops remotely over a network.

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Windows 10 (Home, Pro, Education, Enterprise)

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Windows 10 Home is the basic variant of Windows 10. It comes with a number of new features including the revamped Start Menu.

The Pro edition of Windows 10, in addition to all of Home edition’s features, offers sophisticated connectivity and privacy tools such as Domain Join, Group Policy Management, Bitlocker, Enterprise Mode Internet Explorer (EMIE), Assigned Access 8.1, Remote Desktop, Client Hyper-V, and Direct Access.

The Windows 10 Education is that version of the new operating system that has been designed explicitly for academic purposes.This version of the operating system will be aimed at both students and the educators at various levels.

Enterprise is built primarily for large and midsize companies. Exceptions may include small businesses with intensive security needs and skilled in-house tech pros.

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Windows 10 Media Creation Tool

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Is a small program that you can can be downloaded from here and executed to download the Windows 10 ISO file that you can later use to create a Windows 10 installation DVD or USB, either to start a new Windows 10 installation or to repair an existing one.

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Windows Deployment Services

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Enables you to deploy Windows operating systems over the network, which means that you do not have to install each operating system directly from a CD or DVD.

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Windows Hello

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Windows Hello is facial-recognition and fingerprint-reading biometric authentication technology in Windows 10 that enables users to protect and access their desktop, laptop, or mobile device without needing to enter a password.

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Windows Spotlight

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Windows Spotlight is an option for the lock screen background that displays different background images and occasionally offers suggestions on the lock screen. Windows Spotlight is available in all desktop editions of Windows 10.

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Windows To Go

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Windows To Go is a feature in Windows 10 Enterprise and Windows 10 Education that enables the creation of a Windows To Go workspace that can be booted from a USB-connected external drive on PCs.

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Windows Update for Business

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Windows Update for Business enables IT administrators to keep the Windows 10 devices in their organization always up to date with the latest security defenses and Windows features by directly connecting these systems to Windows Update service

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X64

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x64 is shorthand for 64-bit processor architecture

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X86

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x86 is the generic name for Intel processors released after the original 8086 processor.

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Zero Touch Installation (ZTI)

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LTI (Lite Touch Installation) is a high-volume deployment strategy for small to midsized organizations that combines the use of MDT with Windows Deployment Services, a server role of Windows Server 2008 and later that allows new computers to be deployed through network-based installation.