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Features include: Windows Vista Web Filter—implemented as a Winsock LSP filter to function across all Web browsers—which prohibits access to websites based on categories of content or specific addresses (with an option to block all file downloads); Time Limits, which prevents standard users from logging in during a date or time specified by ...
The new Background Intelligent Transfer Service (BITS) 3.0 in Windows Vista has a new feature called Neighbor Casting which supports peer-to-peer file transfers within a domain; this facilitates Peer Caching, allowing users to download and serve content (such as WSUS updates) from peers on the same subnet, receive notifications when a file is ...
Windows Defender was released with Windows Vista and Windows 7, serving as their built-in anti-spyware component. [40] In Windows Vista and Windows 7, Windows Defender was superseded by Microsoft Security Essentials, an antivirus product from Microsoft which provided protection against a wider range of malware. Upon installation, Microsoft ...
Tech expert Kurt “CyberGuy" Knutsson says a tech support scam used a fake Windows Defender pop-up, tricking the victim to call and download software. Windows Defender Security Center scam: How ...
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Microsoft Windows has supported IPv6 since Windows 2000, [43] and in production-ready state beginning with Windows XP. Windows Vista and later have improved IPv6 support. [ 44 ] macOS since Panther (10.3) , Linux 2.6, FreeBSD , and Solaris also have mature production implementations.
IPv6 is now supported by all networking components, services, and the user interface. In IPv6 mode, Windows Vista can use the Link Local Multicast Name Resolution protocol to resolve names of local hosts on a network which does not have a DNS server running. The new TCP/IP stack uses a new method to store configuration settings that enables ...
The Link-Local Multicast Name Resolution (LLMNR) is a protocol based on the Domain Name System (DNS) packet format that allows both IPv4 and IPv6 hosts to perform name resolution for hosts on the same local link. It is included in Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 10. [1]