Window NT

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Window NT

• Workstation and Server

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Windows NT

• refers to two products
• workstation
• server
• can act as both a client and server in a network
  environment

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Window NT Workstation

• a desktop operating system
• can be used on a stand alone computer or a
  networked computer

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Windows NT Server

• a multipurpose server operating system
• optimized to be a file, print and application
  server

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Windows NT Domains

• A domain contains a computer running Windows NT
  Server configured as a primary domain controller
  (PDC).
• The PDC maintains a directory database that
  stores all of the account and security
  information for the domain.
• Examples uwstudent, uwyo, cosclab

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User Profiles

• a collection of files that determine a users
  computing environment
• The user profile contains all user-definable
  settings for the work environment
• desktop settings, menus
• network and printer connections
• display, mouse and sound settings
• favorites, history, address books
• default user profile, roaming user profile